Western Scrub-Jay

Gallery: AvianPosted February 26, 2013166 views5 comments

Olympus E-5, 300mm x 2.0TC, tripod
f8, 1/250, ISO250

I finally got some photos of the Coastal race of the Western Scrub-Jay. This photo is from Stinson Beach, Golden Gate Nat'l Recreation Area.

Full frame, slight sharpening.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 26, 2013 at 1:00 PM

A fine presentation of a bird I will probably never see. Good head turn and catchlight. Tack sharp detail in both the large and the small images and a pleasing habitat/environment background. You could have probably opened up for a more blurred bg, but at 600 mm, I understand.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on February 26, 2013 at 7:53 PM

Absolutely exquisite Jim! Only thing I might do differently is provide a little more canvas on the bottom. The tail seems a bit crowded in that corner. A really cool looking bird.

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 26, 2013 at 8:42 PM

That's one crisp image, Jim. Beautiful job on the exposure. It could be a little looser in the frame, but I'd sure like to have this one.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 27, 2013 at 9:50 AM

I like most this complimentary color palette Jim, nice.
Great clarity, details, and DOF.
I've not been able to catch this bird in a tree, they always seem to be on the ground.
Well done

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on February 28, 2013 at 1:22 PM

Very clean and detailed image of this jay Jim. I like the comp and the verdant background.

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