The Boss

Gallery: AvianPosted June 18, 201575 views4 comments

Even fresh from his bath, this American Robin has a domineering appearance to my eye. He looks like it's keeping a close eye on its backyard full of minions.

7Dii, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu Gimbal onRRS legs, f/5.6, 1/500, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering, no compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cloned out a couple of grossly oof foreground grass stems in the LLC, added cnavas at the top and took just the tiniest bit off both the left and right sides to get a 4x5 format. Final size ended up at 23.3 MP with the added canvas. Taken in my back yard at 7:33 yesterday evening.

Your comments and criticisms would be most appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 18, 2015 at 11:52 PM

I like the head turn, perch and detail in this one Dennis. I might be tempted to move the bird more to the right so he isn't so centered though.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 19, 2015 at 5:16 AM

A character indeed - posing very nicely - quality of the image is spot on as usual ! Maybe a little less central position could work, but it's not really disturbing me .... Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on June 19, 2015 at 6:07 AM

Dennis he looks a tad agressive ,very much like the pose and bg,lovely sharp detail on the bird,very nice job.