Given how odd spring has been for me personally, it seemed appropriate for me to photograph a young Blue Jay hanging upside down on the first day of summer.
Young Blue Jay upside down portrait – Canon R7, f11, 1/640, ISO 12800, Canon RF 800 mm, natural light, at a feeder
The young Blue Jay came into my friend Steve’s suet feeder and for some reason hung upside down for a split second before it dropped to the ground to feed. I just liked the unique perspective I caught with the camera gear Steve has loaned me while I am here visiting him.
The few times I have been able to photograph Blue Jays in Utah I haven’t gotten the images that I have wanted. I have accomplished that goal here in Arkansas though. I also hadn’t fully realized how much I have missed these beautiful, curious, blue members of the jay family until now.
Watching these jays, hearing them calling, and photographing them here has been a real treat. While the adult jays entertain me, the younger jays not only entertain me, they keep me amused as they try to beg for food from the adults. Right now most of the adults are simply trying to get away from their loud, begging offspring.
More of my photos of these intelligent birds will be seen on my site soon. Right now I am struggling a bit to get images processed in Photoshop because it is using up most of my RAM on this old laptop. Plus the battery on on my laptop has died and I have to stay plugged in to work on photos and posts. That is what happens when you haven’t turned on your laptop in more than three years because of not traveling during a pandemic. A big oops.
Life is good.
Mia
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Cool pic. The detail is amazing. Thanks Mia.
Jays are pretty entertaining. They can be sweet and friendly or incredibly feisty — or both! 😂
Very unique angle. I hope your challenges run more smoothly soon!
He thinks he’s a nuthatch! I have relatively few good shots of this species despite its abundance in Florida. Here in Connecticut we have them, but only a few during mid-winter, probably because we are at 800 feet elevation. They are more common in the Connecticut River valley.
What a brilliant portrait.