Some from today...

A bluejay, and a chickadee

Super shots, love that Bluejay! quite different from our jays here.:thumbsup:

Thank you Bev. I've always been partial to bluebirds, very pretty birds.

I'm jealous of your blue jay, I wish the one I got yesterday had his crest sticking up like that. Nice pictures.

Good captures , is that white stuff i C in the background lol we got some about 25 Km from here . Snow is early for us this year :(

Thanks Copy_Kot, it was pure luck. It turned just as I got the focus right.

Those are nice, good job!

Nice captures! Have you tried to open up the shadows/ levels to get eye detail?

Thanks paulnj, no I played a bit with contrast and brightening and light sharpening but thats about it.

opening the shadows 10% and a slight curves adjustment will bring the eye out a bit more.

I use fill flash(-1ev or so) on my subjects to seperate the eye and add a catch light.