American Robin

Gallery: AvianPosted November 11, 2013137 views9 comments

Captured this Robin early this morning out in my backyard in Virginia. Finally got a shot of one with a clean background. The background is natural.
Canon 7D, 100-400L @ 235mm, 1/400sec, f/5.6, iso640 and cropped away about 770% of image for this composition.
C&C welcome

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on November 11, 2013 at 3:12 PM

Nice pose and exposure. I'm guessing you meant 77%, not 770%

At any rate, the large crop is evident is decreased image quality. The plumage detail has been compromised.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 11, 2013 at 3:27 PM

Agree with Keith.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 11, 2013 at 7:41 PM

Nice composition as posted, David. The bg is super. It does look to me as if your focus may have been on the seed head or the breast of the bird as the face looks just a trifle soft in the larger version. You might want to do a little selective sharpening of that part of the image.

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Comment posted by Randy Runtsch on November 11, 2013 at 7:57 PM

David, this is an uncommon portrait of a common, yet beautiful, species. The fade from a brownish to a light green BG on the bottom adds a nice touch. It all looks good to me.

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Comment posted by David E Lester on November 11, 2013 at 9:09 PM

Thanks for the comments...

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on November 12, 2013 at 11:23 AM

I like the pose, perch and comp but I agree the IQ/sharpness is lacking.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 12, 2013 at 6:25 PM

Great pose you captured of this common beauty of our part of the world David

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on November 13, 2013 at 10:31 PM

Hi David

here in canada , we always see robins on the ground pulling out worms. this is a different pose from what we usually see. it's beautifully composed with excellent detail and color

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by David Bogener on November 14, 2013 at 5:26 PM

David, I like your composition with the diagonal and interesting perch, clean two-toned background and the pose. Thanks for posting, Dave

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