Himalayan Bluetail

by Rob Drummond

Gallery: AvianPosted February 4, 2014205 views18 comments

A small robin of the understorey.
Doi Lang, northern Thailand

5D3 500/f4
ISO 1600 f7.1 1/80

cheers
Rob

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 4, 2014 at 1:43 AM

Another gorgeous bird, good eye contatc. Perch and setting looks great.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on February 4, 2014 at 2:34 AM

Rob,
Yet another beauty, great pose, perfect detail.
To be exceedingly picky I wonder if taking a little from the top to eliminate the lighter patch might make this even better

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 4, 2014 at 8:35 AM

Magnificent little bird and capture. Love the entire image.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 4, 2014 at 10:29 AM

A lovely bird, and image. Terrific IQ and nice composition. As Ken remarks the lighter bit of leaf along the top on the left is a slight distraction.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on February 4, 2014 at 10:33 AM

Beautifully captured Rob - as always.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 4, 2014 at 11:59 AM

Nice one Rob - very sharp at 1/80s ! Congrats ! Hans

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on February 4, 2014 at 3:30 PM

Beautiful bird.. love everything about it!!!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on February 5, 2014 at 1:15 AM

Stunning bird! And excellent techs; the cocked head is very effective. Really first rate, Rob.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 5, 2014 at 10:26 AM

Wow, what beautiful colors to this bird. Excellent shot with the pose and detail, a pleasure to view, well done.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on February 5, 2014 at 12:04 PM

Nice pose, great color and detail. Hard to believe this is 1600 ISO. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 5, 2014 at 4:40 PM

Nice, Rob. You really cau8ght the blues well. Excellent pose and a beautiful perch.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on February 5, 2014 at 5:59 PM

hello rob

so much different than our robin. the colours are amazing .... is it this saturated ?

thanks

Bill

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on February 5, 2014 at 6:27 PM

Beautiful

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 5, 2014 at 9:46 PM

hello rob

so much different than our robin. the colours are amazing .... is it this saturated ?

thanks

Bill

Hi Bill - the image hasn't been saturated. It's cousin, the Red-flanked Bluetail, is much duller and I'll post an image soon to show the difference. This one's a real gem.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on February 6, 2014 at 1:16 AM

Beautiful bird. Pose, perch and BG are all great and excellent sharpness and IQ.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 6, 2014 at 7:14 AM

Tack sharp, great little head turn. Excellent work at 1/80th as well Rob.
Really like this birds combination of blue & gold plumage