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Pale Yellow Robin
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Pale Yellow Robin

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: AvianPosted November 20, 201393 views9 comments
If this one's pale, I wish I'd seen the bright one. One of many "Robins" in Australia. I once asked Rob Drummond what they had in common and it turns out they're all flycatchers (hence the beak). This is the Nana subspecies which is endemic to the little area of NE Queensland we were visiting. It's distinguished by the buff coloration from the lore to the eye. Locally, it was fairly common.

7D, 300mm f4 + 1.4 TC, hand held, f6.3, 1/80, Av mode with no compensation, iso 1000. Processed in CS6 and cropped from the sides. I used two rounds of noise reduction with Neat Image, but I was very pleased with the performance of the 7D and the software at these settings. I also sharpened the bird using the CS6 smart sharpen function. I thought about trying to tone down the bright area beside the bird but thought I'd run it by as-is to see how people thought about it.

Your comments and criticisms are most earnestly solicited.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 20, 2013 at 8:09 PM
Dennis the bird is lovely and expertly processed. Composition is traditional thirds—can't go wrong there. Truthfully, until I read your narrative, the brightness didn't bother me. After looking, I think it would work better toned down some. Not to be wishy-washy, I also think it works fine as is. :biggrin: :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 20, 2013 at 9:16 PM
Great eye contact and a nice result with this camera at that iso. The area in the bg doesn't bother me at all. I do think the bird could be a bit brighter and fill flash would have helped with that as well as keep the background from being too bright. Very nice Dennis :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 21, 2013 at 12:35 AM
Sweet view of this beauty posing nicely for you Dennis :cool: Sharp where it counts the most.
Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 21, 2013 at 4:22 AM
Love as is Dennis - the typical light shade of the forest.. Love that gleam in the eye
Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments
Comment posted by Robert Bunch on November 21, 2013 at 9:26 AM
Very nice close up of this bird. Fine detail, nice catchlight and I really like how the BG colors match the bird. Nice job HH at 1/80 sec. Brightness looks good to me. :toast:
Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments
Comment posted by Peter Cross on November 21, 2013 at 10:44 PM
Lovely image Dennis. Great feather detail and wonderful colors. It would have been really nice if the whole bird was in focus. You probably could have squeaked a bit more out by raising the ISO a bit to give room to stop down a bit and get more DOF. Amazing that you captured this handheld at that SS. Nice post.
Registered on April 3, 2010, 271 Posts, 1342 Comments
Comment posted by Simon Bennett on November 22, 2013 at 4:20 PM
Good eye contact and I like the background. Very sharp and handheld too.
Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on November 23, 2013 at 9:11 AM
Beautiful little one Dennis, great exposure, color, and framing..
Very good work @ 1/80th with nice clarity and eye/head sharpness :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Ray Whitt on November 25, 2013 at 5:30 PM
Excellent shot love the softly out of focus leaves in the background.

Ray
Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments