A few green jays

MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
edited January 10, 2009 in Wildlife
These images are from Fennessey Ranch again near Refugio, Texas. It was very cloudy and foggy this day so I had to use flash in all images. I was in a portable blind deep in the ranch at an old water well dating back to the 20s.

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Stephen
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2009
    Very cool, Stephen. thumb.gif

    The stark difference between the bright bird an muted background really makes for a very pleasing look.
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2009
    Thanks Ric
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  • PrescottPhotogPrescottPhotog Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2009
    Maestro wrote:
    These images are from Fennessey Ranch again near Refugio, Texas.

    There sure are some pretty birds down in your part of the country. Thanks for sharing such lovely shots..clap.gif
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2009
    PrescottPhotog wrote:
    There sure are some pretty birds down in your part of the country. Thanks for sharing such lovely shots..clap.gif

    Well Texas is big and this ranch is about 5 hours from me as the crow flies so it's in my state but not necessarily in my parts. :D

    Here is one more I just finished processing from the same day.

    GreenJay8FennesseyRanch.jpg
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2009
    Very nice captures of a beautiful subject. thumb.gif
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2009
    Nice never seen one like before thumb.gif
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  • bhowdybhowdy Registered Users Posts: 658 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2009
    Great job Stephen. Looks like we need to plan a "field trip" to Texas! Especially liked the second one! clap.gif
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  • SciurusNigerSciurusNiger Registered Users Posts: 256 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2009
    The last one you posted is the best of the lot. It's nice and clear all the way through; what a beauty of a bird!!!
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited January 9, 2009
    Great shots of a beautiful subject, Stephen. thumb.gif

    The first one looked like it had a shallow DOF, so I peeked at your EXIF. Holy cow, you were basically shooting in the dark there. eek7.gif
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2009
    Harryb wrote:
    Very nice captures of a beautiful subject. thumb.gif

    Thanks Harry. While they are not exactly the images I was looking for, given the conditions, they came out better than expected.
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  • Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2009
    Very nice indeed. cool looking bird!
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2009
    kdog wrote:
    Great shots of a beautiful subject, Stephen.

    The first one looked like it had a shallow DOF, so I peeked at your EXIF. Holy cow, you were basically shooting in the dark there.


    It was very dark when I took these pics during the early morning. I was hoping they would turn out. While I was taking the pictures I had lots of trouble finding the right combination of shutter speed/f-stop/flash settings. In fact, the first one was taken nearer to noon and without flash. One of the few.
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2009
    SciurusNiger wrote:
    The last one you posted is the best of the lot. It's nice and clear all the way through; what a beauty of a bird!!!

    I liked that one too. My only regret is that I could not get the whole tail in the frame.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2009
    Very nice Stephen.
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2009
    bhowdy wrote:
    Great job Stephen. Looks like we need to plan a "field trip" to Texas! Especially liked the second one! clap.gif

    Thanks Bob....Any time you are in the area, let me know. I'm heading back down to the coast in a few weeks to stalk some whooping cranes. In the meantime, here is another recently processed green jay. No flash/low light/f4.5@500mm/cropped at 40%

    GreenJay5FennesseyRanch.jpg
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