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Sooty Robin
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Sooty Robin

by Charles Gangas

Gallery: AvianPosted May 27, 2010150 views12 comments
This is the Mom of the juvenile Sooty I posted earlier.

Thanks for looking.

D300
300mm f/2.8
1/5000s @ f/2.8
ISO 640
-1/3 EV
Spot

Comments

12 comments
Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 27, 2010 at 1:02 AM
A nice looking bird, and a solid image of it. The eye color is very interesting and I like the posture.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments
Comment posted by Michael Twaddell on May 27, 2010 at 6:32 AM
That's cool. I have never seen on before this. Great detail on the larger image. Nice.
Registered on August 16, 2007, 199 Posts, 2132 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 27, 2010 at 8:32 AM
Nice one Chuck - like the upright posture and detail

cheers
Rob
Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 27, 2010 at 9:56 AM
Cool image, Chuck. I like the light and that neat eye. To me this seems just a bit over sharpened. I've never seen one of these-cool bird. Nice composition too. :toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on May 27, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Yes, a cool bird :cool: I might've stopped down a bit more to increase DOF, but this is really good. :toast:
Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments
Comment posted by Simon Bennett on May 27, 2010 at 4:35 PM
I like the alert pose and rivetting eye.
Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments
Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on May 27, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Hi Charles,
Nice subject in good light. The eye really pops out at the viewer. A little halo on the leading edge of the breast maybe from a tad too much sharpening. Curious why ISO-640 with enough light for 1/5000th of a second. I guess I ask because I'm always trying to shoot at the lowest ISO as possible for best image quality.
Thanks for posting,
Ronnie G.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments
Comment posted by Terry Sohl on May 27, 2010 at 11:13 PM
Cool! Neat bird, and I like the perch very much as well. :toast:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 513 Posts, 6889 Comments
Comment posted by David Sparks on May 28, 2010 at 7:42 PM
Chuck:
Love the BG, stance and the vivid eye. I see the thin sharpening halo too. :toast:
Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on May 28, 2010 at 9:02 PM
What a beautiful eye Charles.
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments
Comment posted by Satie Sharma on May 29, 2010 at 2:07 AM
Great looking bird, Chuck. I like the detail and setting too. :toast:
Registered on November 11, 2003, 189 Posts, 5335 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Dudley on May 31, 2010 at 8:47 AM
A solid image of an interesting species Chuck. I like the good detail, pose, interesting perch and of course that eye. I agree that more DOF would have been ideal here to get the tail and more of the perch sharp, esp since you didn't really need 1/5000 sec. Those sharpening halos can largely be avoided by selective sharpening of the bird after very careful masking - not sure if you did that here... Well done.
Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments