Gray Jay Landing

Gallery: AvianPosted January 23, 20068,788 views35 comments

I spent yesterday near the Canadian border in NH shooting boreal birds. Grays jay and boreal chickadees are my all time favorite species!!

I spent a lot of the day shooting three friendly gray jays in some great light. I set up to try and get a shot of one landing on this perch. Not an easy task! Even at 1/2000 you can still see some motion blur but I'm still pleased with the way this one turned out. Thanks for looking.

Canon 1d MII/600mm IS

1/2000 sec, f/6.3
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 400

Comments

35 comments

Comment posted by Krijn Trimbos on January 23, 2006 at 12:15 PM

What motion blur?

This is absolutely brilliant, the perch is beautifull+the BG rocks and the pose and bird are SWEET!!! Excellent photo Garth

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Comment posted by Josh Anderson on January 23, 2006 at 12:16 PM

Very cool!

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Comment posted by Ed Dubois on January 23, 2006 at 12:56 PM

Excellent Garth.

Last year Kwan and I tried this with Red Winged Blackbirds - needless to say we fully agree about this being challenging.

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Comment posted by JIM Hendrickson on January 23, 2006 at 1:34 PM

Nice Catch I LIke It :)Great Job

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on January 23, 2006 at 1:35 PM

Yeah, I'd keep it! Just exceptional!

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Comment posted by Juza on January 23, 2006 at 1:45 PM

Hi Garth,
you can be really proud of this photo! Fantastic

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Comment posted by Dennis Patrick Lor on January 23, 2006 at 1:59 PM

This is really cool

The perch, wingspread and the extended feet are great.

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Comment posted by Bill Garber on January 23, 2006 at 2:02 PM

Killer!

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Comment posted by Danny Green on January 23, 2006 at 2:17 PM

Hi Garth

What a shot, What a Bird, Excellent

Danny Green

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Comment posted by Bob Steele on January 23, 2006 at 2:38 PM

Very, very

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Comment posted by Neil Losin on January 23, 2006 at 3:10 PM

Hi Garth,

Very cool! Nice job getting the whole bird in the frame. You caught this one at the ideal moment, and all the techs look perfect. I'd love to have something like this in my files!

Good shooting,
Neil Losin

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Comment posted by Pat Watts on January 23, 2006 at 4:14 PM

Gorgeous photo!

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Comment posted by Jim Zipp on January 23, 2006 at 4:16 PM

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Comment posted by Randy Harrison on January 23, 2006 at 4:48 PM

Beautiful shot. Amazing DOF at 6.3.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on January 23, 2006 at 6:35 PM

Brilliant, Garth! Like Ed said, we had but one keeper!

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Comment posted by Paul Fusco on January 23, 2006 at 7:15 PM

Cool shot, Garth!

- Paul

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Comment posted by Duane Rosenkranz on January 23, 2006 at 8:01 PM

Wow, Blurred wings or not, it's an amazing shot.

Duane Rosenkranz

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Comment posted by David Williams on January 23, 2006 at 9:10 PM

Awesome shot, Garth..........love it!

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Comment posted by Lee Daniels on January 23, 2006 at 9:24 PM

Show off! This is simply magnificent and the balance between bird and perch both in tone and orientation is superb. Just super!

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Comment posted by Tom Grey on January 23, 2006 at 10:30 PM

Wow, this is a triumph -- the motion blur hurts not one bit.

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Comment posted by chris hajee on January 24, 2006 at 3:02 AM

you should be pleased Garth

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Comment posted by David Kjaer on January 24, 2006 at 5:49 AM

Hi Garth

Wow -

- stunning!

Regards

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Comment posted by Kevin Thompson on January 24, 2006 at 6:05 AM

Sweet capture Garth! Very nice

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Comment posted by Kenneth Kijewski on January 24, 2006 at 7:42 AM

What a great shot, Garth!!

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Comment posted by Peng Eik Chng on January 24, 2006 at 9:46 AM

Great shot, you just made it look so simple.

Regards

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Comment posted by Andres M. Domingue on January 24, 2006 at 1:26 PM

Awesome and bautiful image, great flight.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 24, 2006 at 9:23 PM

Very nice!

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Comment posted by renae sandberg on March 23, 2006 at 11:32 AM

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!

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Comment posted by Alan Smith on April 18, 2006 at 2:39 PM

Outstanding Garth!!!

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Comment posted by Al Andersen on May 2, 2006 at 10:51 AM

Wow! Killer capture, Garth! Love those extended wings and the upraised feet.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 1, 2006 at 1:01 AM

Yike. Doesn't get any better than this!!

Sandy R

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Comment posted by Joe Gunja on March 7, 2007 at 1:07 AM

Wow what a great shot. I like your ability to capture the frame solid.

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Comment posted by Christina Craft on March 7, 2007 at 5:28 PM

A remarkable and dramatic image. Amazing capture

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on April 14, 2007 at 11:31 PM

Garth,

There is some motion to the tail and far wing but I think that motion adds to the success of the image because the wing closest to us is in perfect focus.

A beautiful capture, Garth.

Carol
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Comment posted by Frank Lada on April 15, 2008 at 8:37 PM

Absolutely remarkable!

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