Photographer's Note
The Jay, called in Israel "Orvani", it's a gray crow, and it's scientific name is "Garrulus glandarius".
Here It was standing on a plastic garbage-can and modeling for me...
Usually found on small forests , parks and plantations. Peckan and wild-fig is it's favorite fruits. A 32 – 35 cm length, 17cm+/- wing span, and weight some 160-190 gr.
It is a spring inhabitant in the shore-plains of Israel.
Ike
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Kofman
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(2366) 2010-07-12 8:20
Il est beau ton oiseau,Ike! En français on l'appele le geai des chênes et en polonais sójka. Très belle prise.
Amitiés de Grenoble surchauffé (36°)
claudeD
(47754) 2010-07-12 11:50
Hello Ike,
very fine nature picture with excellent colors, perfect sharpness and very good informative note.I think that you are a specialist of birds which you like very much.TFS.
With regards from Luxembourg
Jean-Claude
AKITA
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(15125) 2010-07-12 13:38
dear Ike,
a beautiful shot of the lovely jay,
very cute figure, especially beautiful blue & black stripes on is wing are well captured,
and this round stone and back blurred green trees are nice to enhance its pretty posture,
thank you for your wonderful picture,
Akihisa
edge
(7409) 2010-07-12 18:05
Hello Ike, Great bird shot. We have three species of this bird, but none look similar to your shot. Good job, it is sharp and clear. Our Jays can be very noisy and are not well liked for the most part. I assume that is genre trait. Have a good week. Regards, Roger
maloutim
(13617) 2010-07-12 19:48
Hi Ike!
You are getting really good at photographing birds, for my greatest pleasure!
Good POV here; The garbage can looks like a round stone, and the colourful bird looks great on the blurred background.
I had no idea it was sometimes called "Gray crow". We have them a lot in our garden, and we call them "geai" in French, pronounced like the English "Jay". It's also called "Geai des chênes" = "Oak jays", because its main food here is acorns.
Thanks for sharing!
Best regards.
MarieLouise.
kordinator
(8738) 2010-07-13 0:36
Hello Ike
An amazing capture of a beautiful bird.
Excellent colors,.
Perfect sharpness and very good informative note.
Great job.
Regards
Saša
rodgerg
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(55767) 2010-07-13 0:45
Hello Ike,
An excellent natural "portrait" with teh attitudes of the bird very well collected. The colors of the bird arise very well in the coloured BG. Good framing too with the bird on the incurving stone.
Have a nice day,
Roger
Ola_Kwiatek
(0) 2010-07-13 2:13
Nice Jay! Nice scene. Good point of view, superb light and colors, perfect focus.
Cheers
danos
(110407) 2010-07-13 9:07
Hi Ike,
what a beautiful and pleasant presentation of this little fellow standing on the round sphere.I like the clarity and the beautiful colours of the scene.
Have a nice afternoon,Danos
jmdias
(102744) 2010-07-13 17:07
ike
very beautiful those details in blue on its wings. I liked the way you framed the animal, nice view with good light and sharpness
hugs
jorge
Fante
(5429) 2010-07-14 11:33
Hi Ike,
another lovely animal photo. Great photo, with excelent sharpness and amazing colors. Perfect time of shooting. I like it.
Bravo
TFS
Regards, Sasko
pablominto
(53746) 2010-07-14 22:44
Hello Ike,
Yes we have them here too, but I have an impression they were more common before!
The bird is captured in a good moment with a fine pose, good details in the plumage...
Greetings,
Pablo -
adramad
(66912) 2010-07-15 7:56
Hello Ike.
Really you have skill to catch images of birds, something that I see really difficult.
This one that you show has a good POV raised in this object and a nice stumped bottom.
The color and the light estan very well managed.
Have to nice evening. Best regards.
Luis.
UlfE
(14641) 2012-12-29 23:34
Hi Ike,
Nice bird photo. It looks really great against the blurred background and sitting on the round shape. Personally I would perhaps have decreased the contrast a little bit since some part are slightly over-exposed. This happens often when photographing birds, especially in strong day light. We have jays in Sweden as well but they do not look exactly the same even if the are quite similar. There are number of subspecies of this bird. TFS and have a nice day!
Kind regards,
Ulf
Miguel82
(47106) 2013-10-30 10:41
Good evening Ike,
Interesting view of that jay, good close up, nice colors and definition
A brillant picture
Kind regards
Cricri
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(176) 2014-08-12 6:02
Hi Ike,
Bel approche de ce bel oiseau avec le bleu sur ces ailes, bon DOF et lumière
Belle journée
cricri
mcmtanyel
(58830) 2015-08-06 21:00
Hello Ike,
You are quite a bird watcher, aren't you? This is an excellent photo. The bird covers most of the frame. You have employed selective focusing quite successfully. The background is blurry but the whole of the bird is in focus. She's got quite interesting colors!
Regards,
MT
Matyas
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(0) 2015-12-31 5:08
Shalom Ike! Nice bird. Nice lightness and colours, natural colours. Good capture. Fine contrast and sharpness.
Today New Year's Eve. I wish all people of good will - all that is good and at best in 2016!
pajaran
(102482) 2018-05-01 12:11
Dobro vece.
Lep pogled i trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Lepo pokzana ptica sa lepim bojama na krilima, dobar kontrast, lepo uhvacen trenutak.
Lepa ptica.
Zelim vam lepu i mirnu noc, sve najbolje.
Paja.
PaulVDV
(54737) 2019-03-31 12:15
Hello Ike,
Excellent clear and sharp capture of this beautiful bird.
I did not think this was a crow. In Belgium we only have ugly black crows :)
This one has beautiful wings.
Best regards, Paul
Royaldevon
(75244) 2020-04-26 5:47
Hello Ike,
I like this!
Jays are very beautiful birds and, in my area, very timid!
I have only seen them in the garden on a couple of occasions and then, if any movement occurs, they are off!
You have been able to show the very distinctive, coloured wing plumage.
Quite unlike other birds in the crow family!
The bird is really well captured against an oof b/g.
Keep safe,
Bev :-)
Photo Information
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Copyright: Ike Harel (ikeharel)
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(105807) - Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2010-07-02
- Categories: Natureza
- Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ35
- Exposição: f/4.4, 1/250 segundos
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- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Tema(s): Birds, animals and other nature's creatures [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2010-07-12 8:06
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