Steller's Jay

Gallery: AvianPosted October 27, 2016157 views6 comments

One from yesterday. We haven't had these in our yard for several years, but a few of them have started coming for peanuts this fall. As is their wont, they stuff their gular pouches with them and go hide them somewhere, even though I doubt these will keep, especially this year when we're within a very small fraction of an inch of breaking our October rain record.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 226 mm, handheld from blind, f/8 1/100, iso 1250, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1EV (I'd been shooting a Chickadee and trying to avoid blowing out the cheek patch). Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 14 MP before resizing. Taken at 11:04 AM under cloudy, drizzly skies.

Comments and criticisms are always welcome.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Paula LeVay on October 27, 2016 at 10:33 PM

Dennis, great feather detail and color. Seeing this little guy would brighten up my day!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on October 27, 2016 at 10:40 PM

Dennis, I like how you have detail in the head of this Stellars jay. I find it difficult to keep detail in the head. Well done! Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on October 27, 2016 at 11:01 PM

I've had several of these in my yard in the last few days. I actually sent this one to you as a messenger. They really like suet feeders. And if you haven't already discovered, they have a lot to say. And they will eat a lot so stock up on those peanuts now before Halloween. Good color, nice pose; it looks as if it wants something.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 28, 2016 at 12:21 AM

Beautiful colors and detail. He looks very alert.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 28, 2016 at 7:34 AM

Very hard to keep detail in the dark head; a very nice job here. From here, seems just a tad dark overall. But it is probably reflecting the dark, dreary day.
I wish us all less rain for awhile. We are drowning here in Brookings also.
But it was 100 degrees today in Phoenix, so we are ALL screwed up.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 28, 2016 at 10:53 AM

Excellent exposure, Dennis. I think that soft, grey light helped.

Rainy here in Boise, too.

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