American Robin

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image along Joe Overstreet Road in Kenansville, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED HH
1/500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 100 Auto WB, image captured at 300mm
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction when needed
Cropped for composition and presentation

P.S. Learn more about Joe Overstreet Road in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide

[David Roach]

Love the pose, colors, details, even the perch and the BG is killer. TFS

ps
Framing spot on as well...

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks like heat shimmer on the face area, or at least some sort of softness, some of your recent images of late have had this effect. Have you been doing anything different, or just happenstance? Other than that, I like the profile pose, BG, and good look at the feet.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Looks like heat shimmer on the face area, or at least some sort of softness, some of your recent images of late have had this effect. Have you been doing anything different, or just happenstance? Other than that, I like the profile pose, BG, and good look at the feet.

Hi Dan, thanks for viewing and commenting. The reason for the softness you mention is old image from when I began photographing birds, also different camera and lens from what I use now and I am sure better technique both in the field and post processing now. I have been going through archived images. Thanks again for your comments.