Young Robin

Nice portrait, perfect profile. We seem to be looking at his shadow side. Great perch and terrific background bokeh. If you were shooting from a back yard blind, I'm assuming you planned it that way. Good work.

Super detail and a nice complementary background. A well thought out image!

Great shot!
We are setting up our backyard for winter time.

D&L

Perfect portrait, great sharpness,pleasant BG.
Judging by the subject I think it's not bad to be invited to dinner at your house
Giorgio

Thanks everyone

Buck, I can't remember exactly but what may have happened here is the background is the mountain across the valley and it's obviously in the sunlight in this shot.
The bird must have been in the shadow of a cloud otherwise it would have been lit up a lot more by the Sun also, but I like it this way as it brings out some nice detail.

I built the wooden hide facing North so that the Sun would light up the birds from the front, which it does most of the time.

Geoff.

Geoffrey,

I love the texture of the feathers on this young bird, they have an almost chenille-like look to them. Very nice detail, pose and comp. Lovely light in the eye too.

Beautiful shot, Geoffrey. Impressive sharpness and detail
Mauro

Beautiful shot, Geoffrey. Impressive sharpness and detail with great complementary BG
Mauro

Wonderful feather detail and texture. Pleasing color. Well done.

RIch colors in the BG nd fine detail on the bird - nice catchlight too

Nice details and a healthy looking specimen! Sharon

Beautiful light, Geoffrey.

The bird and the BG grab me here Geoffrey. Great detail in the bird and I like the comp. Very nice.

Great image. I love the detail and repeated pattern in the feathers. Well done.

Wonderful feather detail and what a background, well done.