Jay - static & flight

[Stan]

Spotted this jay on one of the bridges at Barnes on Saturday

1/400, f 9, ISO 400, 420mm

jay by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr

By the time i alerted Dee he was off into the trees but she did manage to grab a couple in flight

1/1000, f 5.6, ISO 400, 420mm

jay * by Neptuno.Photography, on Flickr

Both are quite large crops

Stan and Dee

[mikep]

Re: Jay - static & flight

Ah, so that's probably the Jay you were talking about!

Very nice shots... I've still to get my Jay shot, pity we didn't meet up earlier!

Well done both of you!

Mike

[antoeknee]

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Excellent shots of a rather timid bird.

[MicroWyred]

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Two nice shots, especially #2 BIF shot. Still awaiting a decent shot.

Dave.

[pelliott1954]

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Lovely shots Stan, #2 is a cracker.

Regards Paul

[rajjayaraj]

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No 2, for me Stan, Raj

[Hereford_EOS]

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Well done Stan, a great bird

[DeeGee]

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[Stan]

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Thanks guys

I've still to get my Jay shot, pity we didn't meet up earlier!

It was the same one i think but not sure your 300 would have been able to do it justice as it was marginal with my 300 and converter and still a big crop

No 2, for me Stan,

I have never got anywhere near to one in flight

Stan

[Bill53]

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Great shots Stan, #2 for me also.

Bill.

[Coryman]

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Both great shots, but the BIF edges it for me.

Ian

[tesarver]

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Very pretty wing feathers. Very nicely captured images Stan

Tom

[John_Caswell]

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Very nice set Stan,the bif is a cracker

[Stan]

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Thanks all

Dee is the winner then

Stan

[DP the Snapper]

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Great shots of a very shy bird

By coincidence just an hour before you posted I was following (about 20 yards away) a Jay down the edge of a fir plantation - and got a shot almost identical to yours using the same shutter speed and aperture. He kept flitting from post to ground and back. I was amazed that he didn't fly away and assume he was picking up insects. Unfortunately I didn't get him in flight

Dave

PS It was my first decent jay shot