Gallery: AvianPosted November 16, 2016370 views8 comments
San Antonio, Texas
2011:03:13 11:36:49
D800
500mm
1/640 sec, f/6.3
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off
Comments
8 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 16, 2016 at 9:40 AM
Great gnarly perch and lovely background. These guys are on my bucket list. Well done.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by Allen Brooks on November 16, 2016 at 1:26 PM
Beautiful bird; nice detail and colors. Good pose, perch, and background. I'm with Jerry, would love to see one of these guys.
Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 16, 2016 at 2:20 PM
A better perch and pose than I've managed to encounter with this species, Sandy. Nice detail and an excellent job on getting the gaudy colors right.
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on November 16, 2016 at 9:37 PM
Hi Sandy,
Green jays have wonderful colors and this one looks great posed in front of the tan BG. Well done.................Jim
Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Minish on November 17, 2016 at 1:30 AM
That's a crazy looking bird, Sandy! I've never seen one of these. For that matter this is the first picture I've ever seen of one! The shot is very nice, with excellent exposure and colors plus a disappearing background. I like how the nearly florescent blue patches on it's head are reflecting in it's eye (especially obvious in the large version which shows all the fine detail in this capture).
Registered on February 4, 2006, 625 Posts, 3583 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 17, 2016 at 11:15 PM
Very nice work on the difficult colors in this species. It's quite easy to blow the greens or blue, or lose all detail in the blacks, but you've done a good jb with the challenges. One of our most colorful corvids.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by David Bogener on November 19, 2016 at 9:50 AM
So nice! I love the clean background and eye contact. Pose and perch are also quite good. Well done.
Registered on October 30, 2013, 417 Posts, 1255 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 22, 2016 at 9:55 PM
Tip of my hat for a well done image, Sandy!
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments
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8 commentsGreen jays have wonderful colors and this one looks great posed in front of the tan BG. Well done.................Jim