Yucatan Jay

Gallery: AvianPosted March 29, 2011282 views13 comments

I was in Mexico a few days ago and I had the chance to see these Yucatan Jays. The adult has a black bill and the juvenile has a yellow bill with a yellow orbital ring.

Canon 7D
EF 70-300mm @ 300mm
f 5.6. 1/640

Comments are welcome

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on March 30, 2011 at 12:00 AM

Great job catching them both (juvenile an adult at that) in the frame, and with good poses and in nice light! The over all scene, lighting and poses remind me of an old painting. Might be just a tad tight in the frame, but not much. Are they any easier to approach than the jays up here in N. America?

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 30, 2011 at 12:16 AM

Excellent! Exquisite colors and fine detail. Catching 2 , let alone an adult and a juvie, and both in good poses - is just great.

This reminds me - like Gary - of an old painting with the colors a bit muted from age.

Sandy

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 30, 2011 at 12:16 AM

Thanks for posting this Marc, I think these are spectacular birds and just great to get both the adult and juvenile together and sharp in nice lighting like this, great job!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on March 30, 2011 at 12:32 AM

Wonderful capture; a pair like this is wonderful. Good detail, nice light and great composition. Terrific work.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 30, 2011 at 1:26 AM

Beautiful birds. Nice to see the differences contained in one image. I do agree about letting the crop out a bit on the right hand side.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 30, 2011 at 1:52 AM

Excellent - well done getting the two birds with similar poses and with nice head turns and both in focus too.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 30, 2011 at 7:15 AM

A super shot Marc. Love the two birds and the sharpness on both. I also love the setting with the nice perch branch and the BG. Maybe just a bit more room in front and also a bit brighter overall. Small suggestions on a wonderful shot.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on March 30, 2011 at 11:41 AM

I like the eye contact you got from both the jays! Very interesting image showing the difference in age.

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on March 30, 2011 at 12:22 PM

The colors are gorgeous. Great composition with the capture of the pair mirroring their poses. Just the right amount of blur in the background. Great image.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 30, 2011 at 4:14 PM

Great post. We get to see adult and juvenille in one image. A great way to really see the differences. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 30, 2011 at 5:50 PM

Sweet Photo Marc

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 30, 2011 at 9:24 PM

This is a beautiful image of this pair, Marc. Very nice job getting the detail in the blacks. What an awesome looking pair of birds.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 30, 2011 at 9:58 PM

Excellent job on the dof in this one, Marc. They both look as crisp as anyone could wish for. Nice to get them together like that.

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