Texas Western Scrub Jay

Gallery: AvianPosted February 16, 201670 views5 comments

David's recent posting of a Western Scrub Jay motivated me to process this image and submit it. This was my first capture of this species on a trip to south Texas. I'm afraid that my offering is not quite as good as David's, but I still thought it worth posting. Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014 along with Light Crafts Lightzone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f6.3
1/250s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 160

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 17, 2016 at 11:12 AM

Good pose perch and detail. The bird really stands out against the mottled green andblack BG. cool

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 17, 2016 at 4:09 PM

Nice lighting, exposure, and composition. THe larger version seems a bit oversharpened.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 17, 2016 at 5:55 PM

Looks like a really good image of a scrub jay to me, Jerry. Superb detail and the dark bg really shows it off.

devil

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on February 17, 2016 at 10:56 PM

Very nice, Jerry. If it were mine, I might back the sharpening down just a little.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 18, 2016 at 9:02 PM

Very nice lighting and depth of field Jerry, he stands out well against that dark bg. devil

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