Steller's Jay, a photo from Utah, Ouest

Photographer's Note

The Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the Blue Jay found in the rest of the continent, but with a black head and upper body. It is also known as the Long-crested Jay, Mountain Jay, and Pine Jay. It is the only crested jay west of the Rocky Mountains.
The Steller's Jay shows a great deal of regional variation throughout its range. Blackish-brown-headed birds from the north gradually become bluer-headed farther south. The Steller's Jay has a more slender bill and longer legs than the Blue Jay and has a much more pronounced crest. It is also somewhat larger. The head is blackish-brown with light blue streaks on the forehead. This dark coloring gives way from the shoulders and lower breast to silvery blue. The primaries and tail are a rich blue with darker barring.
(From Wikipedia)

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holmertz (92774) 2013-04-22 6:52

Hello Eleu,
A beautiful bird well spotted in the tree. It turns its head into a perfect profile while showing its fine blue tail and wings. Very well done.
Kind regards,
Gert

ikeharel (105841) 2013-04-22 8:30

Hello Eleu,
Our Jays looks a whole different, but has blue on their feathers as well.
Fabulous bird, her blue is much impressive and POV show her grandeur.
Fine taken picture with long focal.
Ike

jacquest (19251) 2013-04-22 9:42

Hello Eleu,

A beautiful bird nicely captured in it's pine tree. Colors are well rendered with very good sharpness.

Best regards

Jacques

rychem (72179) 2013-04-22 10:29

Beautiful, colorful bird with playful "hair styling", nicely captured and presented
regards
Ryszard

ines8 (6128) 2013-04-22 10:48

Hi, Eleu,
Awesome picture with this wonderful blue bird, i love it!
Best regards,
ines

Silvio1953 (205581) 2013-04-22 12:14

Ciao Eleu, great capture of lovely bird in nice pose, fantastic colors, excellent clarity, splendid light and fine details, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

energypolice (190) 2013-04-22 13:39

Hello Eleu,
Outstanding photograph of The Steller's Jay, outstanding sharpness and details, good composition, good background and lighting.
Tfs,
Daystar-7

Sonata11 (34119) 2013-04-22 13:40

Hello Eleu,
what a wonderful capture of this beautiful blue bird. I like this compo and the framework as well. Colors, sharpness, clarity and fantastic. Tfs.
All the best,
Barbara

krzychu30 (15512) 2013-04-22 14:10

Hello Eleu,
fascinating close-up shot of this beautiful jay!You composed and framed the scene really good.I like also color scheme of th eimage as well as so nicely blurred background.

Kind regards
Krzysztof

pierrefonds (103446) 2013-04-22 17:12

Hi Eleu,

The branches are framing well the bird. The point of view is showing with precision the détails and colours of the Steller's Jay. The good luminosity is making the colours to stand out. Have a nice day.

Pierre

jusninasirun (17529) 2013-04-22 21:11

Hello Eleu.
Beautiful bird shot from dorsal pov. The catch light on the eye is fabulous. Lovely details of the plumage in pleasing perch and setting.
Thanks and kind regards.
Jusni

danos (110407) 2013-04-23 1:16

Hello Eleu,
nice the close up view of the Steller Jay,sitting on the branch of the tree.I like its beautiful feathers as the good presentation.

Regards,Danos

manrezaei (1749) 2013-04-23 2:33

Hi Eleu,

Waw.. Wonderful shot. The grass in front added more attraction here. Excellent contrast, superb colors and lights you captured. Very well done.

Cheers

Mansour

Miguel82 (47106) 2013-04-23 11:28

Nice note about this species of bird Eleu,
Superb close up, nice colors and sharpness
Best regards

saxo042 (38078) 2013-04-24 11:41

Hi Eleu,
A very beautiful bird! The sharpness here is very good and the blue bird is beautifully surrounded by the green pine needles. Excellent!
Kind regards
Gunnar

Urs (14082) 2013-04-26 5:11

Hi Eleu

I like this blue fellow a lot, even the eye cannot be seen properly. DOF is excellent, blurred in the BG. Also the contrast of blue and green is beautiful. Well done.

Do not worry the woman in Vientiane was not angry with me but she was cutting something hard in front of her.

Warm regards
Urs

cornejo (61504) 2013-04-27 10:40

Hello Eleu, very good picture of this beautiful and interesting bird, captured perfectly in this beautiful image with good sharpness, good light and color. Very good and interesting job well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.

Good morning and happy Sunday.
Warm greetings from southern Spain.
Angel.

karacabeylis (1471) 2013-04-29 4:16

a great capture on a beauty. and a great harmony on delicate shades of blue and green.