American Robin

Gallery: AvianPosted October 5, 2010110 views12 comments

Yep, it's just a Robin, but a handsome one at that. They are migrating right now and seem to be everywhere. I couldn't resist such an easy subject and surprisingly I really don't have that many in my collection.

Canon 1D Mk3 | 600mm f/4 | 1.4xTC
ISO 500, 1/2000 @f/5.6, Eval 0, Av Mode
LR3.2, sharpen, crop, curves

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on October 5, 2010 at 3:23 PM

Beautiful Bryan. I really love the colors in this. Head turn is nice with OOF foreground and OOF background. If you have it I might add just a smidgen of canvas on the laft side. It's a little bit tight for me. Otherwise zero nits on this Bryan. I'm loving this.

Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 5, 2010 at 3:36 PM

I agree with David. Just a bit tight for me, too.

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Comment posted by Bryan Hix on October 5, 2010 at 3:49 PM

How's this look?

Registered on June 13, 2008, 117 Posts, 755 Comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on October 5, 2010 at 4:35 PM

Nicely done, good setting and pose.

I'm the same! Don't have a heck of a lot of shots, even though they're everywhere! Far to easy to ignore the common birds.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 513 Posts, 6889 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 5, 2010 at 4:36 PM

Excellent Robin, Bryan. I like the stretched neck and the breast-on angle. Your nice low viewpoint helped this image a lot. This is a species that takes a special pose to look really impressive, and you caught one here.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on October 5, 2010 at 4:59 PM

They are moving here, too, and this is how I see them often at home. We do tend to 'ignore' them, for some reason.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 5, 2010 at 6:46 PM

Very nice image quality.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 5, 2010 at 7:54 PM

Bryan,

I agree with you, this is a handsome Robin. I love the alert pose and the greens of the grasses compliment the wonderful natural colors of the bird. Lovely details & sharpness.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on October 5, 2010 at 9:34 PM

I believe I have a photo very similar to this somewhere! I never would have passed this up either. Common as they are, they aren't particularly easy to catch still. I like this a lot. Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 5, 2010 at 10:04 PM

You say they are easy. Admittedly they are common at certain times of the year and relatively still and not really skittish--but for some reason they are hard to shoot. I thinks it's something about that dark eye with the white surrounding feathers. I like this one.