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Steller's Jay
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Steller's Jay

by John Neukirch

Gallery: AvianPosted August 18, 201290 views2 comments
Never fails when I don't have a camera around my neck these guys linger around, get my camera and they get all nervous. Shot in northern NM.

D300s
70-300mm
ISO 400
300mm
1/125 @ f/5.6
HH
Cropped to 20% of orig.

Comments appreciated.

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 19, 2012 at 12:08 PM
Looks like you were working without much light, John. I'm not familiar with the D300S, but I think I would have tried a higher iso (assuming I remembered to adjust my settings!). Good image quality considering the shooting parameters and the crop.

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Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on August 21, 2012 at 8:33 PM
There seems to be a color cast to this image, at least on my monitor. I know these can be difficult birds to get good images of, specially in areas where they are not use to seeing people. The head does look a bit soft, but a nice image. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments