# Blue Jay - I'm Free RePost **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** birds\ **Created:** [April 18, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/blue-jay-im-free-repost/13098 "2020-04-18T18:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnwayne](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/johnwayne/32/18751_2.png) [@johnwayne](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/johnwayne)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/blue-jay-im-free-repost/13098/1 "2020-04-18T18:51:10Z")
### What technical feedback would you like if any? Any ### What artistic feedback would you like if any?Any ### Pertinent technical details or techniques: Canon 5DS-r, at f8, 1/5000, ISO 200, 560mm Canon 100x400 with 1.4III extender. Removed part of darker perch , Reduced emphasis of Perch. Added Vignette. ! ![054A4184-Edit 2 deemphasize perch 2-1](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/7/97df0b33cf0c030247d93a4d2961c2aa94685755.jpeg)[054A4184-Edit 3-1|422x500](https://community.naturephotographers.network/uploads/short-url/6mmzLgSfQRrAVM4Nvp3Hov5IenV.jpeg) (If backgrounds have been removed, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn) ###### If you would like your image to be eligible for a feature on the NPN Instagram (@NaturePhotoNet), add the tag ‘ig’ and leave your Instagram username below. ![054A4184-Edit 2 deemphasize perch 3-1](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/e/1/e1a7ed43edc9b2cc03a420c554af2f76393931ab.jpeg) Sharpened head and reduced vignette. ---
**Author:** ![philip1](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/philip1/32/17316_2.png) [@philip1](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/philip1)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/blue-jay-im-free-repost/13098/2 "2020-04-18T23:41:13Z")
Hi John, I love the moment you’ve caught and technically is great and with the colour of the back of the wing and the face/eye. A lot of skill as well as patience and luck too probably. The composition really works in my view also, so thanks for the image! Philip at > **[PHOTONOMY - Home](https://photonomy.co.uk/)** > > Photonomy features collections of images by the British photographer Philip Wilson. Buy a print or just enjoy viewing online ---
**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/blue-jay-im-free-repost/13098/3 "2020-04-19T16:04:04Z")
Nice clear details on this lifting off image. Camera does a really good job in iso-200. I think you could have had a slightly narrower f-stop as some of the head appears out of focus but could be due to motion even at 5000th. Good job on the processing. I think I’d like to see more space on the left-hand side so the bird was flying into something. ---
**Author:** ![johnwayne](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/johnwayne/32/18751_2.png) [@johnwayne](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/johnwayne)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/blue-jay-im-free-repost/13098/4 "2020-04-19T16:27:35Z")
Thanks for comments. I spent a lot of time waiting for a good wing spread shot on this particular bird. Thanks again. . . . Wayne ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/blue-jay-im-free-repost/13098/5 "2020-04-19T18:27:25Z")
Man, this is special. Great capture. I would not change a thing. A wall-hanger, I say. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Ditch](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/richard_ditch/32/620_2.png) [@Richard\_Ditch](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Richard_Ditch)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/blue-jay-im-free-repost/13098/6 "2020-04-19T19:25:59Z")
That’s a wonderful pose and moment captured. I wish the head was in focus. I’d reduce tghe amount of the vignette effect a little.