Dappled Air

The cold air has arrived much earlier than usual and yesterday it felt with the windchill like it was below -20°C. I decided not to venture outside, but the birds did not have that advantage. Around lunch time I was looking out my kitchen window and saw this blue jay all puffed up sitting in a pine tree trying to stay warm. I grabbed my camera and put it on full zoom which turned out to be 24x digital. Trying to find the bird at that zoom was no easy task then the next step was to stay still and not shake to take the picture. To my big surprise the picture turned out very well.

At lunch time I saw a blue jay sitting on the fence between us and our neighbour's house. Usually they don't stay around too long, but this one knew I was watching him through the window and didn't mind at all. So I moved to the side door and grabbed the camera that was sitting on the counter and took these shots through the storm door glass with full zoom. My canon A720 has a 6x digital zoom and a stabilizer, I am very surprised at how clear the pictures turned out.