Blue Jay

Woah! The blue jays, too, were landing on you!?

>>Woah! The blue jays, too, were landing on you!?

 

They even were ready to have sex for peanuts, but I refused

Canon 20D, 100-400mm @ 400, 1/500s, f/8, iso800, manual exp, partial

metering, 70% of the frame, handheld

Lovely Mr. Bird ! jana

WOW! Amazing, totally amazing! What a face! This is the best

bird portrait ever 1

super 6/7

super cool!

every photographer need a good model...:)

just like a model needs a good photographer:).........here, everything`s cool

Great capture of a beautiful bird. Excellent metering offer nice colors. Sharp image with great details. Congratulation.

Very nice. Great timing. This head angle is very interesting. Nice composition. The red/orange flower takes some of the attention away from the bird. 5/7

This is a very nice bird picture, the "pose" the color, the contrast work very well... The only problem is the distracting bright orange thing on the left. A good crop could have made this image much better.

Thanks everybody for the comments! Robert and Ben, I personally like to keep the backgound berries in the picture. I think their shape speaks with the shape of the jay's head and their colors add to blue colors of the bird.

Dmitry, your results are stunning, the details and sharpness let you nearly touch it....I still think that the berries are a bit of competition to the bird, because of the vivid colors that are taking my eyes to it, so maybe bluring the stem more so it will be only a hint, what do you think? Pnina

i think..the original is excelent....no other modification....congratulations...cris

wonderful job! I like your model's expression :)

Dmitry, I prefer to keep the orange as well. Actually I think that's the reason why this BJ portrait is so unique. I am very impressed by the fine quality of this image shooting at such high ISO (800). Congrats and thanks for stopping by my port. BTW, you have a very nice portfolio.

yes!! the detail is amazing! I personally like the dof your comp provided. no crop!! perfect the way it is.

 

wish I had your optics... and the 20D at 800iso... wow... clean and nice, eh? move over nikon... ;o)

Creo que tu composicion es perfecta, el fondo ayuda a resaltar la belleza del primer plano. Saludos

Sex for peanuts? You can get that in some areas of Brooklyn, too.

Really unique and wonderful shot of this jay! I do think the red/orange in the background is a distraction from your subject, but still love this image.

Great model rezor sharp but but but DISTRACTING red patches in Bbackground. hate these type of BG. 4-7

Pnina, Chris, Pinar, Jerry, Jack, Juan, Chris, Philip, Saleem, thanks for your comments and your opinions!

 

Jerry and Jack, one good thing about freezing a camera to its bones in winter -- the noise goes down and iso800 is not as terrible anymore! Nikon or Canon, all cameras will do the same.

 

To Chris Appoldt -- Sex for peanuts in Brookling? Hmmm, I am not sure what I am afraid the most -- AIDS or bird flu :-?

Sharp image, superb color and great timing !

Good job. Regards.

Absolutely the best bird photo I have seen in a long time! I cannot help but wonder what is on the birds mind. Well done.