This blue jay seems to be questioning me about my placement of the "water wiggler" in his birdbath. Another "through double paned glass" save through artistic rendering This was also a pretty major crop, so the resolution wasn't going to be perfect, anyway. But, for this week's challenge, I thought it was pretty good...The birds really DID question the water wiggler at first!
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on June 18, 2014 at 9:29 PM
Funny capture, Lucy. That blue jay really is checking out that strange object! I like whatever processing you did to "save" this image. Has a real artsy look.
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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on June 19, 2014 at 1:17 AM
Thanks Carolyn,
I used Topaz Clarity....I really like it for turning those "just OOF" photos into keepers
West Nile really wiped out the blue jays here a number of years ago. And, I think, I only have this fella and maybe one other blue jay. So, I'm really excited to see him hanging around my patio.
It's been so long since I've seen one close up, that I had never noticed the brown fluff of feathers on top of his beak...and never realized that they could have brownish undersides. Does anyone know if this is a male or seasonal coloration?
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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 19, 2014 at 9:26 AM
A cute pose, and a terrific job with the processing, Lucy. Goes well with the subject. Nice "save."
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Comment posted by gary phillips on June 19, 2014 at 12:20 PM
Love this whimsical pose, Lucy. Great save and a very fun image.
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 19, 2014 at 1:42 PM
Blue Jays are the clowns of North American avifauna. A fine capture illustrating how they earned the reputation.
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This was also a pretty major crop, so the resolution wasn't going to be perfect, anyway. But, for this week's challenge, I thought it was pretty good...The birds really DID question the water wiggler at first!
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5 commentsI used Topaz Clarity....I really like it for turning those "just OOF" photos into keepers
West Nile really wiped out the blue jays here a number of years ago. And, I think, I only have this fella and maybe one other blue jay. So, I'm really excited to see him hanging around my patio.
It's been so long since I've seen one close up, that I had never noticed the brown fluff of feathers on top of his beak...and never realized that they could have brownish undersides. Does anyone know if this is a male or seasonal coloration?