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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Glenn Bartley on October 13, 2010, 10:52:33 pm

Title: Blue Jay
Post by: Glenn Bartley on October 13, 2010, 10:52:33 pm

I was back in Ontario for the thanksgiving holiday and just couldn't resist trying for some Blue Jay shots. I hope you like this one perched on a Sumac tree.

All the best!

Glenn

(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3634/bluejay02.jpg)

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Flash: External E-TTL
Flash exposure compensation: -1
ISO: 400
Lens: EF400mm f/5.6L USM

Title: Re: Blue Jay
Post by: stamper on October 14, 2010, 03:46:10 am

A nice composition but I find the colour balance a little odd. Is the bird really that blue? I don't think it is my monitor because other images look OK. The sharpness is fine so there is good potential for this image. :)

Title: Re: Blue Jay
Post by: francois on October 14, 2010, 07:18:50 am

Quote from: stamper on October 14, 2010, 03:46:10 am

A nice composition but I find the colour balance a little odd. Is the bird really that blue? I don't think it is my monitor because other images look OK. The sharpness is fine so there is good potential for this image. :)

I also find it a little bluish. Other than that, I like it a lot.

Title: Re: Blue Jay
Post by: wolfnowl on October 14, 2010, 11:46:44 am

The WB does seem a little cool - even the white on the feathers has a bluish cast.  Nice bird, though!

Mike.

Title: Re: Blue Jay
Post by: rlh1138 on October 18, 2010, 06:15:52 pm

As an amatuer birder and amatuer photographer, I agree, nice shot/nice  bird.  As to the color, we get mostly Scrub Jays out here (Oregon), which have a different set of shadings.  That said, a quick review of my bird books and a couple birding sites show a range of bluish shading (including none) on this bird's white parts.  Of course, those photos could have had incorrect WB as well.  FWIW.

Ray

Title: Re: Blue Jay
Post by: uaiomex on October 18, 2010, 07:58:47 pm

I rarely like any bird, pet, child or flower photography. Your bluejay however is one the most beautiful I've seen in a long time. The wb is a little bluish but it doesn't deter from it. On the opposite, it helps convey the mood of the bluejay in it's enviro. That's what creative photography is about.
Congratulations!
Eduardo

Title: Re: Blue Jay
Post by: Ifocus4u on October 22, 2010, 01:45:57 pm

To me.. this is a picture of perfection!  Blue Jays are my fav!  Well done!!!