Inca Jay with Moth

Gallery: AvianPosted June 17, 2016296 views14 comments

We photographed this Inca Jay on this year's Ecuador tour at San Isidro Lodge where this species is usually found right around the lodge. It was previously considered a separate species but now is considered the same species as our Green Jay of Southern Texas. The debris in the air is from the jay beating the moth against the tree branch.
Canon 5D3 500F4 1.4x 1/400 F7.1, iso 1600

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on June 17, 2016 at 4:51 PM

Fantastic capture of this colorful jay with the moth, Nate. You got a great angle, background and the overall environment is awesome on a superb perch. devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on June 17, 2016 at 4:53 PM

Very nice lighting, detail and pose. Of course the moth is an extra plus. And everything works so well.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 17, 2016 at 8:26 PM

Cool capture Nate. Poor moth.
May

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 17, 2016 at 10:34 PM

Lovely image, Nate, and it's nice to see this species in nature. I've only seen it at feeding stations in Texas.

devil

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Comment posted by Raoul Breaux Jr on June 17, 2016 at 11:33 PM

A wonderful image of this Jay, Nate. Everything here is nice, the action, the great perch, the composition, and the background. I have never seen this species of Jay; the green color sure looks strange after seeing Blue Jays all my life.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 18, 2016 at 7:11 AM

Wow, amazing image and species, Nate. Lovely setting and background colors. Of course, the bird and prey are making the image ! Congrats ! hans

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 18, 2016 at 11:41 AM

Excellent, Nate. San Isidro offers some amazing birds and photo opportunities.

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Comment posted by Pramod.Shanbhag on June 18, 2016 at 12:51 PM

Good work Nate.Looks like all the elements came together.A sharp image with diffuse BG.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on June 19, 2016 at 12:40 AM

I was going to say this looks just like our Green Jays in Texas. Nice capture with the moth and the action of beating it against the branch. Very nice colors, both bird and BG.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 19, 2016 at 5:26 PM

I like everything in this image: color, texture, activity, composition. Well done.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on June 20, 2016 at 12:23 PM

Great capture Nate. The Jay, moth, bg and very cool perch all come together to make a strong image. The stick behind the bird draws my eye to it some. Details and lighting look good, cool frame! devil

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 20, 2016 at 10:21 PM

Really digging this one Nate. The moth being nabbed and the falling particles of moss from the branch, all suggest a lot of action and give this a lot of movement and life. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on June 26, 2016 at 4:16 PM

Amazing image, Nate. Beautiful is bird, perch is perfect.

Let me ask you a question: have you considered removing that little stick on the left side? If so, why have you decided to keep it?

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 28, 2016 at 11:14 PM

Thanks for your comments everyone. Jefferson I briefly considered removing the branch on the left. I didn't really feel it was very distracting. If I am ambivalent about whether I should remove something or not, then my inclination is to leave the photo as I took it in the field rather than removing elements, if possible I like tho remain at least somewhat faithful to the scene that I photographed.

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