Blue Jay Way by maggie2

Blue Jay Way

This is not a new picture. No time today for pictures. This is a baby blue jay that sat in my blueberry bush all day. I took a few hundred pictures and he just followed me with his head as I walked around. The parents stayed close, but left him to feed on blueberries. They weren't too concerned with me either, even though I was two feet from him.
Beautiful!!
November 26th, 2010  
Wonderful detail and color! Fantastic bird photo!
November 26th, 2010  
He does look sweet. You can see he's a baby with all that fluff still. What a great photo.
November 26th, 2010  
The framing looks fabulous. It looks more 3D as the tail feather extends outside the frame. Nice job.
November 26th, 2010  
Very nice bird shot!
November 26th, 2010  
@kaleandkiara @bribuccigrossi @girlie Thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate it.
@digitalrn Rick, I use my photos for painting references and this is the way I will paint this picture. I try them out to see how they might look painted.
November 26th, 2010  
Marvelous bird photo.
November 26th, 2010  
Isn't he just so handsome! Looks like he knows it too!
November 26th, 2010  
Great photo and treatment. Excellent colors and detail.
November 26th, 2010  
Awesome shot of him. He's so beautiful. They are really pretty birds. I love their vibrant color.
November 26th, 2010  
Love it!!
November 26th, 2010  
@pfmandeville @pennymilner @robv @jennarichards @bluesparc thanks everyone for the encouragement and kind words.
November 26th, 2010  
A beautiful bird and photo!
November 26th, 2010  
So colorful.
November 26th, 2010  
Great editing!
November 26th, 2010  
That is cool the way the frame keeps his tail out like he is sitting inside it. Gorgeous picture too!
November 26th, 2010  
Gorgeous shot, love it :)
November 26th, 2010  
Great framing! Love the colours on this one!
November 26th, 2010  
Nice bird photo - love his colors and your framing just makes the whole picture.
November 26th, 2010  
Love this!! He's so pretty and I like the way his tail is coming out of the frame. We get jays at our feeders for probably a week out of the year. I need to figure out how to make them stay
November 26th, 2010  
@barbara @swrws @jennifer360 @kwallabear @fluffy @geertje @miraries Thanks for the kind words. Really appreciated. @clarissajohal Clarissa, Blue Jays love bread. I throw bread under my feeder. This baby was eating blueberries off of a bush in my yard.
November 26th, 2010  
M. this is a great shot and I love the way you framed it. Wouldn't it be cool if you could really make it look like this in a real frame. I admire this because it is not easy to get a great close up - at least for me at this time.
November 26th, 2010  
stunning. I love the framing
November 26th, 2010  
@maggie2 That's probably why they don't stick around--squirrels love bread too, lol
November 26th, 2010  
@clarissajohal LOL Very true.
November 26th, 2010  
lovely! i've tried so hard to get a pic of the one blue jay that visits our feeders but he is so elusive.
November 26th, 2010  
beautiful! Our bluejays just fly around overhead, taunting me but never keeping still long enough for me to get a shot! You're very lucky!
November 26th, 2010  
Cute shot, great focus!
November 26th, 2010  
Great picture, love the way you framed it.
November 26th, 2010  
I love this picture! Beautiful shot. ;-)
November 26th, 2010  
Agree - framing (and shot ) are super!
November 26th, 2010  

What a lovely picture and a lovely bird. The framing is very special and adds to beauty of the whole impression.
November 26th, 2010  
Lucky you to have such a willing model!! Well put together shot!
November 26th, 2010  
Beautiful birth and a beautiful pic. of that beautiful birth
November 26th, 2010  
What a cute shot! Love how the tail comes out of the frame!
November 26th, 2010  
Fantastic i just love you bird & animal pics A fav x
November 26th, 2010  
Great Pic I Love The Blues
November 27th, 2010  
I love blue jays! This is a beautiful photo..very cool how you did the tail coming out of the frame like that!
November 27th, 2010  
I love this framed photo. The colors are just beautiful-great capture.
November 27th, 2010  
@timandelke @pscott @alecio @justkariherself @higgimic @glyn @gill @yoelao @megane @pyrrhula @yoori @redfl83 @top2042 @katrinacristy @ladydi thanks everyone for your kind words. I really do appreciate them..
@pscott @timandelke I was really lucky. It was a baby bluejay that didn't have the sense to be afraid. He sat in my blueberry bush for hours and I got a hundred shots.
November 27th, 2010  
Great shot!!! Love the way you let his feathers come out of the picture frame.... Wonderful focus here!!!
November 27th, 2010  
Beautiful bird! love how her appears to be exiting the frame! Nicely done!!!
November 27th, 2010  
@jonna @molizard Thank you for the kind words. This was the first try at bringing it out of the frame. I do this is painting and try it out on photos first.
November 27th, 2010  
Wonderful shot!
November 27th, 2010  
gorgeous shot! It is my dream to get a good photo of a blue jay....some day when I am visiting an area that has blue jays...sigh
November 28th, 2010  
Great shot!
November 28th, 2010  
@kamikazemommy @ellen @lovelyrita_mm Thanks for the kind words. @ellen I hope you get one. :-)
November 28th, 2010  
I'm sure everyone else has said the same, but I love how you've framed it.
November 28th, 2010  
@mingsley thanks Catheryn. It was done in picasa.
November 28th, 2010  
nice framing margaret ...
November 29th, 2010  
@gavincci Thanks Jaydee. I appreciate your kind words.
December 1st, 2010  
@maggie2 wow. i use picasa. haven't discovered that feature yet.
December 2nd, 2010  
@mingsley Catheryn, I'm sorry. It wasn't picasa, it was paint shop pro. I use both and said the wrong one. Try paint shop. That's pretty good too.
December 3rd, 2010  
Great capture! Beautiful colors!
December 3rd, 2010  
great focus and framing!
December 7th, 2010  
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