This Blue Jay soaks in the last rays of the sun at dusk.

Canon 7D with the 500L f4 lens handheld at 1/640, f4, ISO 640, +2 1/2 exposue compensation. My settings reflect the very low level of light present. With a very shallow depth of field due to lack of light, the emphasis is on the bird's face. The tail is out-of-focus, again, this is okay because the emphasis is on the eyes and face.

Cropped slightly for composition purposes and to eliminate the lower part of the wooden ramp where the wood pattern changed.

A small string of cobweb clonned away. Application of blur tool to background after sharpening to remove noise and as a form of selective sharpening to the bird.

Cheers,

Mike