Greenjay Neutralized

Beautiful and very well done!!!

At first I thought it was one of these NatGeo's shot of the birds of paradise from Papua New Guinea. Well done Kim.

Excellent!!

Wow, Kim ... looks like I came in a little late on this one (out of town, then computer trouble.) This is wonderful! I like it with the background neutralized ... the beauty in the bird's colors really jumps out at you. Nice work!

I'm kind of surprised at the response to this picture. I've taken so many shots of these birds at this point that I can't decide what's a good one any more. Thanks to all of you for commenting and rating!

I find that he is really a very tough critic, but generally fair. If you ever get a 6 or 7 from him, you will appreciate it all the more. I remember when I got a high rating from him once and I wanted to hang it on my refrigerator.

Jeff, I'm certainly not alarmed by [Z's rating - just would like a comment so I can learn why he/she rated like that. He/she has rated many of my pictures, but never seems to leave a comment. How can you learn that way?

...my weekly Sunday morning look at Kim's new bird images... Forget my other comments about "being favorites". This one is (really!). You got a nice diagonal, his or her crown(?) is up, very few distracting branches, and catchlight in the eye. Nice.

I like it when birds are "fluffed up", Bryan. Don't see it very often, though.

I see what you mean about the framing & really like the B&W background.

Thanks, Hugh - a lucky catch. I usually get about 1-2 seconds to snap the shot, but this one stayed still a bit longer than that.

Kim, you are right, the neutralized area does make the bird stand out more. To those of us who are currently living through winter, it doesn't even look unnatural. I think what I like best, however, is the way the branch receeds into space. The depth on this one is amazing!

 

This shot wasn't the first one to draw my eye from the thumbnails, but when it was enlarged, I think it is much better than the oriental looking one. I wish Photo.net had a way to scroll through large versions of a person's album like a slide show.

This one almost made it into a book, but they dropped some images at the last moment and this was one of them. Oh well....thanks for visiting, Larry. I've always liked this one, too.

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I love the colored bird and the gray back ground.so nice

 

Fatemeh

You may have noted this already, but I was in South Texas this summer and saw several Green Jays (I assume this is a Green Jay, correct?). They certainly looked more green than you lovely image. Is this an issue of the lighting, plumage of the bird, or a digital issue.

 

Just wondering

Douglas, there are varying degrees of green on these birds (we used to have dozens of these where we used to live). If you see them from the back or top, they are a darker green. The front and underside of the birds are almost more yellow than green. So I would say in this shot, it's more the angle than anything and also the way the light hits them. If you look in my greenjays folder, you will see what I mean. Thanks for visiting!