American Robin

Gallery: AvianPosted June 4, 2017199 views13 comments

I was out in the evening a week or so ago and this Robin posed nicely for me before it went into the bath.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, hand held, f/8, 1/250, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped from a horizontal original to a 9.2 MP 4x5 vertical. Taken at 8:17 PM on May 26th.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 4, 2017 at 11:16 PM

Nice portrait of common bird (at least around here). I like the warm light, the complimentary background and the simple perch. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on June 5, 2017 at 9:16 AM

One of teh better images of a robin I've seen. well done.

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Comment posted by Skip Layman on June 5, 2017 at 10:33 AM

Nice capture of a bird so common that most of us don't bother taking his picture, You did really well with getting a good pose on a good perch.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on June 5, 2017 at 11:47 AM

Beautiful light, very nice image.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on June 5, 2017 at 1:04 PM

Looks as if you have some nice lighting on the Robin. The pose and perch are good and the background works well with the Robin's colors. A common bird, but as you've shown attractive when photographed well.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 5, 2017 at 2:00 PM

Interesting bird, has not much to do with our Robin. Nice one, love the light and the pose! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by David Schoen on June 5, 2017 at 8:12 PM

Wonderful light in a well composed image with superb detail and a smooth background. And a nice head turn to top it off.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on June 5, 2017 at 8:19 PM

You sure made this Robin look nice, Dennis. I don't even pay them any mind here, they are so numerous. Maybe I should. This looks great in that warm light!!!

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 5, 2017 at 8:35 PM

Very nice light, excellent detail and quite a regal pose by the American Robin! devil

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on June 6, 2017 at 12:33 AM

Nice Robin, Dennis. I like the warm light in this photo. The vertical composition works well with this classic pose also.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 6, 2017 at 11:52 AM

Wonderful light; nice pose for a robin.

Well done.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on June 6, 2017 at 8:06 PM

Nice work keeping the true colors here in the lighting conditions you were working with. It would be so easy (for me) to oversaturate this guy. Nice clean perch and BG too.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on June 13, 2017 at 3:17 PM

One of the best images I've seen of this fairly common bird. The background is killer Dennis!

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