Robin..

Discussion

8 replies

Posted by Stuart McCrae on November 16, 2007 at 5:01 PM

one from the garden,The tree stumps have a slight angle to them hence the virtual feet on this one.

Stu

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Posted by Andy Astbury on November 16, 2007 at 5:18 PM

Strange this one Stu, when I look at it at first it looks soft in places but after a few seconds I'm not so sure

For me comp wise it could do with a tad more canvass on the left

Nice colours, nice BG - not overly keen on the stump though - SORRY

Posted by Graeme Lee on November 16, 2007 at 5:26 PM

Nice image but not keen on the perch either. For me I need to see the feet on these birds. I'm sure you'll have better opportunities, although I'm not very lucky with Robins strangely. Nice pose, DOF and BG

Posted by Stuart McCrae on November 16, 2007 at 5:26 PM

No the stump is a bit wrong!I've added a perch for the birds now,the bird is sharp a far as I can tell but there are some bits in the shot that look soft that should'nt....but I dont know why?

Cheers

Stu.

Posted by Mike Smith on November 16, 2007 at 7:22 PM

my only nit is that there is a lack of "engaging" contact - the subject is looking slightly away from the camera - as a result there is no eye to eye contact to draw you in - its a fact of human nature we prefer eye to eye contact, so anything looking slightly away will always seem slightly aloof

Posted by Mark Fellowes on November 17, 2007 at 3:54 AM

I think that others have covered the nits, but with regards feet, if this had been in vegetation, then it wouldn't have mattered so much. Nice bg, so I'd like to see one with your new perch.

Mark

Posted by David Kjaer on November 17, 2007 at 5:53 AM

Hi Stuart

Minor nits covered a solid shot with a pleasing BG!

David

Posted by Alan Woolnough on November 17, 2007 at 7:35 AM

Echo all the above comments Stu!!

Nice one

Alan

Posted by David Clapp on November 17, 2007 at 1:19 PM

A simple and effective picture with great detail, just a shame you cant see his feet.