red capped robin

[Dejan Stojanovic]

Hi All,

http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/DejanStojanovic/redcappedrobinimmaturesmall.jpg

ISO 100, 400mm, 1/200 sec, f 5.6, Eos 5D.
this is an immature, not nearly as pretty as the adult males, but nonetheless i like the branches in the pic.
thanks.
D

[Leo Berzins]

Too much branch and not enough bird for me, Dejan, and it looks like you have a dust spot on your sensor directly in front of the bird.

A nice pose, though, and great background colours that complement the Robin well.

[Don Thompson]

I have to agree with Leo. I am not against showing environment, but I think this is too much.

I do like the background.

[Dave Leroy]

Hi Dejan, I agree that the branches are very nice, it just leaves the bird too small so I would prefer a tighter crop. Really like the colours and looking forward to the next one. Dave

[Ilija Dukovski]

Zdravo Dejane,

Agree with the others on the branches, but the color
composition here is so interesting I would give it
a try and crop about a quarter of the image. I think it is well
worth it.

[Dejan Stojanovic]

i toyed with the idea of a tighter crop but obviously decided against it. these birds are pretty inconspicuous and that was kind of what i wanted to convey in the pic (this photo is taken in a desert transition zone as well, and the colours of the dead branches add to that IMO). i'm personally not really a fan of super tight crops (as is probably obvious from most of my posts) but appreciate the feedback nonetheless.
thanks!

[Francis Bossé]

Dejan,

I'm glad you didn't crop it! To me it work great the way it is! Wonderful colors matching... You may want to remove the dust stop in front of the bird...

[Ramon M. Casares]

LOVED IT! I would change a thing, maybe in web it doesn't have much impact, but I am sure that in a large print this would looks VERY nice! Congratulaitons!

[Dejan Stojanovic]

Thanks Francis and Ramon. the dust spot slipped through the net unfortunately but thats easily fixed.
Much appreciated :)