Fall is in the Air

Gallery: AvianPosted September 29, 2012297 views8 comments

Western Scrub Jay, Adult Pacific variety, with acorn. He/she was industriously filling up a small tree cavity with acorns.

D800
500mm
1/1600 sec, f/4
Mode: Av
Metering: Spot
ISO: 640
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO1
Flash: Off

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by May Haga on September 30, 2012 at 1:18 PM

Excellent Sandy. Is he/she sure they can crack that acorn, it looks pretty big.
May

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Comment posted by Philip Haffley on September 30, 2012 at 3:37 PM

Very nice as usual. Love the vivid blues and the detail.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 30, 2012 at 5:42 PM

The acorn looks almost like a bullet.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 30, 2012 at 7:29 PM

Interesting image Sandy - the acorn makes the shot for me, in combination with that nice head turn.

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Comment posted by Randy Bacon on September 30, 2012 at 9:21 PM

Very nice Sandy, love the colors and the pose/head turn - of course the acorn takes it over the top - nice.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 1, 2012 at 7:57 PM

Great detail, really nice light, and I love the pose/activity.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 2, 2012 at 7:18 PM

A classic shot of a Jay being a Jay. Very nike ly done. Reminds me of the wonderful Mark Twain story.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 4, 2012 at 10:49 AM

Nice low angle and the nut in the beak is a great bonus. Colors stand out well also

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