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Pink Blue Jay in Canada? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Valéry Schollaert
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Jon Turner
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Tony Morris
Tony Morris
Wow, it looks as if there is no blue pigment what-so-ever. No that's not right is it? Is Blue in feathers produced by a pigment or by another mechanism?
Larry Lade
Moderator
Someone has been playing around in "Photo Shop"!
Valéry Schollaert
Respect animals, don't eat or wear their body or s
I received the photo from a non-birder woman in Canada, I don't think there is any wish of cheating people. Let me ask again to be sure the photo is not second hand...
Cheers
Cheers
With the hundreds of Blue Jays, maybe even thousands in all my years, I have never, ever seen anything like this.
That said, if it is a Photoshop image, then it is a damn fine job because I examined this blown up in size inch by inch and can't see any errors.
That said, if it is a Photoshop image, then it is a damn fine job because I examined this blown up in size inch by inch and can't see any errors.
nartreb
Speak softly and carry a long lens
It's a "cut-out" - you let the software select all the blue for you, and replace it with pink. Unlike painting over by hand, there won't be any detectable errors.
The orginal is floating around the web in several copies, here's one:
http://www.talismancoins.com/catalog/Blue_Jay_on_Snowy_Wintry_Branch.jpg
I take back the part about "no detectable errors". If you look closely at the background, you can see that some faint blue tones within the grey shadows have also turned pink. The branch and breast actually seem bluer than before - perhaps he realized they looked too pink and tried to restore their original blueness, but overcompensated.
The orginal is floating around the web in several copies, here's one:
http://www.talismancoins.com/catalog/Blue_Jay_on_Snowy_Wintry_Branch.jpg
I take back the part about "no detectable errors". If you look closely at the background, you can see that some faint blue tones within the grey shadows have also turned pink. The branch and breast actually seem bluer than before - perhaps he realized they looked too pink and tried to restore their original blueness, but overcompensated.
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Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
Yes, easy enough to do, in a number of different applications ... the company I work for had something that does just this same thing, in any colour you want...
The Falcon
Registered Birder
Definitely photoshopped... easy to do! Not possible to have a pink Blue Jay.
I didn't try very hard like the original photoshopper...
But, hey, look the Jay is blue again:
[edit: oh, yeah, here is the original image (and it's a "blue" Blue Jay):
http://www.wallpaperhi.com/Animals/Birds/winter_season_snow_birds_blue_jay_branches_1920x1080_wallpaper_88488/download_1920x1080]
I didn't try very hard like the original photoshopper...
But, hey, look the Jay is blue again:
[edit: oh, yeah, here is the original image (and it's a "blue" Blue Jay):
http://www.wallpaperhi.com/Animals/Birds/winter_season_snow_birds_blue_jay_branches_1920x1080_wallpaper_88488/download_1920x1080]
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RJP
Well-known member
The blue is produced by the micro-structure of the feathers.
What purpose does what serve?
Valéry Schollaert
Respect animals, don't eat or wear their body or s
I asked the photographer, and this is a second hand photo. So no proof it is original...so the HOAX theory seems the best... sorry then!
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
I think it serves to help someone from outside North America to fully answer a question someone else had asked him. o
Chris
