Today I Shot a Jay!

I saw a Blue Jay flying by my window, so I took my sport lens (70-200mm/2.8), mounted it on a monopod, and walked around a house looking for a blue blur of feathers, nervously jumping around. These birds are fast, fairly silent and do not like staying on one spot for too long (15 seconds seems too long for them). Chasing one seemed like an impossible task, but after patiently looking around the neighborhood, I managed to notice this fella' here. It took me a bit more patience to convince him to stand where I want and to pose properly, on the line between shadows and sun lit leaves, but finally everything was lined up the way I wanted, or close enough.
A touch of post processing helped fix the rest. :)

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Плави џеј је брза птица која баш и не воли да позира. Не воли чак ни да чека док наместим фотоапарат, а камоли моје наредба да се помери мало лево, мало десно, дигни главу, и слично. Но на крају смо се споразумели, и одрадили посао, а оно што није урађено док смо били заједно - средио сам после. :)