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American Robin

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: AvianPosted July 24, 201581 views5 comments

A pretty common bird, but they do have character. 

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 Contemporary lens, f/8, 1/640, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering, no compensation.  Processed in LR5 & CS6.  I took some off the left to decenter the bird then added canvas to the top and right and filled using content-aware fill followed by some clean-up.  Final image size is 20.2 MP.  Taken July 13th at 7:41 pm.

I appreciate your comments on the Grosbeak and look forward to your inpput on this image.

Please look at the larger image for better detail.

Thanks,

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 24, 2015 at 8:20 PM

Hi Dennis,

 

Nice and sharp.  I like the brightness of the robin and the blurred BG. Your post-processing looks good and I like the composition................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 24, 2015 at 9:06 PM

Fine detail. Well framed, but seems a bit bright.laugh

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 24, 2015 at 9:19 PM

Nice shot, Dennis, although there's a lot of wear on the feathers. What's the horizontal line through the bird's eye?

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by Greg Morris on July 24, 2015 at 11:14 PM

Nice subject, perch and b/g on this Dennis, but I thought the same as Phil when I first say it. The robin seems a bit bright to me. 

Registered on January 23, 2015, 38 Posts, 104 Comments
Comment posted by Charles Gangas on July 25, 2015 at 11:38 PM

Yes, they are so often overlooked, but I too find them appealing, particularly the immatures. I like the pose and perch, and the smooth background is lovely. Techs are spot on as well Dennis.

Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments