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Robin

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Posted by Paul Inglis on March 11, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Robin
The techs are;

Body: Nikon D2Xs
Lens: Nikon 200-400mm f/4 VR & TC 17E II

Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure Comp: 0.0 EV
AF Mode: AF-C
Sensitivity: ISO 200
White Balance: Cloudy
Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec
Aperture: f6.7
Focal Length: 650mm

Tripod: Gitzo G1548
Head: Wimberley Gimbal V2

Full Frame, Slight lift in Levels, USM 30%, 0.2, 0.0

C&C welcome! Thanks for looking!

Hi Everyone,

This is one from this afternoon!

Many thanks,
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on March 11, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Hi Paul nice shot of the Robin, it is a bit centrel in the frame but maybe you could not help that. :toast:
John
Aberdeen :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on March 11, 2008 at 3:16 PM
Very nice shot, Paul. I would cut off the sharp leaves at the left side.
Robins are everywhere around us. But that does not mean they are easy to capture.
Have Fun! :toast: :toast:

Bertl Menegoni
Innsbruck
Austria
Posted by Major Gilbert on March 11, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Hello Paul.

Nice sharp image of the robin with a good eye light.
Dont know if you have cropped at all but a bit of the left and top and give it a bit more along the bottom edge will postion the Robin better IMO. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Mike Smith on March 11, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Not sure if it is my monitor but it looks like there is a lot of moire patterning/information loss in a lot of the breast feathers radiating out and away from the eye is this a jpeg or raw file conversion?

Mike
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 11, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Bit central for me too Paul, but he still looks cute :toast:

Main nit for me - VIRTUAL FEET - no room :eek: :eek:
Posted by Justin on March 11, 2008 at 7:05 PM
A nice pose Paul with a good bright catchlight. The glare off of the background leaves pulls your eye away from the Robin slightly. Perhaps try and entice him to a more photogenic spot. A couple of slices of bread in the food processor works a treat with the Robin's loving the fine breadcrumbs.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 12, 2008 at 6:17 AM
Hi Paul,

The bird is too low down in the frame for me and AndyA has covered my main nit , the lack of feet , looks to have a Yellow / Green cast to it aswell.

Re-compose and give him his feet back and you'll have the making of a nice image.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by John Robinson on March 12, 2008 at 6:48 AM
All been said really. Nice ground pic though. Certainly could do to be "up " in the frame though
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on March 13, 2008 at 4:09 AM
Nice sharp image, Paul. Personaly, I would cut off the sharp leaves at the left side :smile:
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 13, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Thanks for all your comments! always appreciated!
:toast: :toast: :toast:

I left this full frame as I had no room for his virtual feet! :biggrin: May try a square crop with this later!

In the future I'll either move the AF point or turn the camera round for a portrait composition to help get some foregound in!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by eric weight on March 13, 2008 at 1:09 PM
You could certainly have some off the lhs & the green colour cast is quite obvious on my monitor, Paul. nice pic though. Great thing about Robins - you will always get another !
:toast: :toast: Eric