Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)

[Jan Wegener]

Was walking through 20cm high snow today when I discovered a group of Flame Robins. Thus far I had never been able to get a good image of them, but that changed today. Usually I don't like lichen perches, but I thought it fits the alpine/snow theme...


1D Mark IV
600 L IS
1.4x TC III
ISO 1600
F8
1/1000

Processing Reds/Oranges is a real pain :-\

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. I really like the background and perch. Great pose, excellent details, and very nice light.
Well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Ditto to what Robert said.

[Gary Esman]

Jan, that orange just jumps off the screen. Beautiful bird and really like the perch. Sharp, well exposed and a beautiful dual tone background. Very nice shot. TFS

Gary.

[laurie golden]

This is a very nice shot of a beautiful bird. Well done on the orange/reds there is detail! I really like the background and the perch. Very good overall photo. Did not know that you had snow in Melburne.

[Josh Clark]

Brilliant colors! A real stunner. Love everything about this one, the perch, gradient BG and the stunning colors of this bird.

[Shawn Zierman]

One of the most visually striking bird images I've seen in a while.
Love the background gradient. Awesome in all regards.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Jan,
just a great one.Congrats.
TFS Andreas

[Ofer Levy]

Fine work Jan!

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image Jan,nice exposure,great details and sharp,like the perch,and nice two tone BG.well done.

[Melissa Groo]

Beautiful colors, detail, perch and BG, Jan! Stunning image.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Jan - very nicely done!

[John Chardine]

Absolutely beautiful bird Jan. Yes, that breast colour is very difficult to render (not that I have ever even seen this species!)- did you do anything re. exposure or in post-processing to help out?

All the technical aspects of the image are superb. I think a bit more room at the top would help out.

[Sanjeevprakash]

Nice work,Jan.Beautiful on all counts.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose details and light have come together. the red channel could be tamed a bit.
what a handsome bird, TFS