Robin

[Jonathan Ashton]

Taken from my back garden hide, he was fluffing his feathers up, it was quite chilly, about 2 deg Celsius.
Canon 5D IV, Canon 500mm f4 L IS II & 1.4TC III
Auto ISO 1250, 1/1000 sec f8

ACR & PSCC
All comments welcome

[annmpacheco]

Perfecto Jon, wonderful details, HA, and that perch. I wouldn't sit down if i were that Robin!

[John Mack]

Your robin's are way cooler looking than the american ones. Everything looks great. The only thing i could think is too have the bird higher and a little to the left.

[dankearl]

I can't add much, I really like the European Robins, more attractive than our variety..
Nice perch if this is a set-up, and nice details.

[Peter Scholer]

Beautifully lit and fantastic details. Background and perch is awesome too. He has a double catchlight.
Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, you have nailed the overall DOF in this. You have also captured and brought out the finer plumage detail so well - sharp too. Good angled pose, colours look good, as does your garden OOF BG.

I could do with some of your 2 deg C temps at the moment. We are experiencing high 35 -37 deg C at the moment with no let up.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone, glad you liked our robin, it is usually regarded as the UK favourite bird, they are usually very tame and many people hand feed them in their gardens.

Hi Jon, you have nailed the overall DOF in this. You have also captured and brought out the finer plumage detail so well - sharp too. Good angled pose, colours look good, as does your garden OOF BG.

I could do with some of your 2 deg C temps at the moment. We are experiencing high 35 -37 deg C at the moment with no let up.

Stu it must be ****!!...... Wish I was there. We are definitely going to return to Kruger, it was just perfect!

[annmpacheco]

Your robin's are way cooler looking than the american ones. Everything looks great. The only thing i could think is too have the bird higher and a little to the left.

Hey John, A.R. here, American Robin, and I think we are just as cool, just different. Thanks for listening, Robin

[arash_hazeghi]

I like everything here, perhc, BG pose , sharp details. very nice! One suggestion for the setup images where the BG is brighter than the subject is use a bit of fill flash to make him pop more...you will be amazed at the difference.

TFS

[Ivan Sjogren]

Stunning portrait John! Robins are among my favourite subjects to photograph here in Sweden. The perch in your frame is superb, same with the details and the BG. I would also try to fit the end of the perch with the bottom left corner, as suggested by John. Arash also makes a good point about fill flash!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone glad you liked it. Arash I did in try some fill in flash some time ago, I had a problem in that my flash gun kept going to sleep and the cheap remote mickey mouse flash flash controls didn't wake it up. I have an old 550 gun somewhere that one doesn't go to sleep so I think therein lies the answer. The light at this time of year in the back garden is pretty dire so I will definitely have another go.

[Arthur Morris]

Very, very loverly. Great bird, perch, BKGR, and image.

with love, artie

[Gabriela Plesea]

Superb image Jon!
Love the colours and detail, wonderful framing, HA is perfect - congratulations

Kind regards,

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Jon! I like the pose, IQ, details, BG, composition and the interesting perch really adds to the image.