Jay and Thrasher

Gallery: AvianPosted January 12, 2012644 views25 comments

Laguna Seca Ranch. Edinburg, TX January 2012

D3 ISO 1250. 500/4. f9 1/500s. Gitzo with Wimberly head. Foggy Day. Early morning light breaking through. Canvas added to the left side for comp.

From Alan Murphy Workshop last weekend.

Comments

25 comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on January 12, 2012 at 3:44 AM

What a beautiful pair of birds, Angela ! Great capture !

Mauro

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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on January 12, 2012 at 9:23 AM

Great capture--nice composition and nice soft unobtrusive BG!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 12, 2012 at 9:49 AM

Nice, Angela. Sweet composition and the Green Jay is perfectly exposed to bring out the outrageous colors.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 12, 2012 at 10:41 AM

Hi Angela, what a superb bird and setting ! Never seen it - I will be coming over ! The second bird is OOF unfortunately, but after giving it some thought for me it nevertheless adds to the image ! Well done, applause

, Hans

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Comment posted by John Blumenkamp on January 12, 2012 at 10:46 AM

Really nice composition and low angle on this one Angela. Would've been great if the background bird was in the focus plane of the main subject, but I think it adds depth as is. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 12, 2012 at 11:10 AM

Really pleasing image with a great low angle and just enough DOF to render the thrasher without it detracting from the main subject.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on January 12, 2012 at 1:40 PM

What a handsome looking pair of birds!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 12, 2012 at 2:04 PM

Wonderful catch of this unusual looking pair Angela! Great looking jay!

Sweet Photo

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on January 12, 2012 at 3:00 PM

Such a killer image that screams of South Texas. Love the comp.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 12, 2012 at 5:00 PM

Beautiful light! Great colors, background, perch, sharpness.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 12, 2012 at 7:04 PM

Fascinating image. I love the overall look, and especially the low viewing angle.

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Comment posted by Doug Backlund on January 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM

Very nice, I like seeing both these species in the image, too bad the thrasher isn't sharper, but I think it still works.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on January 12, 2012 at 8:48 PM

This is great, love the poses on both birds. Nice composition.

Ray

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on January 13, 2012 at 12:25 AM

Personally I like the OOF thrasher. He is both out of the DOF, but there is a bit of fog in front of him and it just immediately became my favorite. I have lots of image with each alone and even one in which both birds are perfecty in focus. But this was the one I like best.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on January 13, 2012 at 6:21 AM

Very interesting image Angela. Excellent job exposing the jay and I agree that the OOF thrasher adds, rather than detracts, from the image. No mistaking the So.Texas 'feel' of this image.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 13, 2012 at 10:04 AM

So cool Angela

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on January 13, 2012 at 2:36 PM

Beautiful image, Angela. The composition works really well.

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 13, 2012 at 5:08 PM

Oh, NOW you're just showing off!! Getting one species at a time isn't a challenge for you any more??

Very cool.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 13, 2012 at 6:57 PM

Beautiful! Great comp too.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on January 13, 2012 at 8:41 PM

love this composition .

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 14, 2012 at 8:27 AM

This is terrific, Angela! Sharon

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Comment posted by wade pettitt on January 14, 2012 at 12:33 PM

Angela, this is really nice. I love the colors on the jay. Well done!!.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 15, 2012 at 8:08 AM

Excellent job on this Angela, love the added interest of the OOF thrasher bottom.
One of Alan's sets? Looks great

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Comment posted by Luca Mussato on January 15, 2012 at 10:30 AM

Very interesting; even if the thrasher is slightly OOF it doesn't bother me.
Well done, Luca

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Comment posted by Rebecka on February 5, 2012 at 2:25 AM

Wow, not sure how I missed this when it was first posted. This is an amazing image! Love how you had the attention of both birds, and they seem to be waiting for your next move. I have never seen a Jay like this!

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