American Robin

[Joel Eade]

A sure sign of spring, the Robins are hunting worms in the lawn!

Canon 40D
300mm 2.8L + 1.4 TC
f/5.0
1/250 sec
ISO 640
EC + 0.3
430EX with better beamer at 1/8 manual
Tripod

Cloned out some twigs in the lower left corner, otherwise just usual processing with ACR & CS4.

[Bob Miller]

Joel....... I like this image...I like the tilt of the head and the bg compliments the bird nicely! I would crop alot off the bottom and just a bit off the top! Nice shot!

[Harold Davis]

bob nailed it for me!! just the crop. nicely done, joel!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Joel - lots to like here - the look back pose, tilted head and BG colours are all very nice.
Flash work also looks good.
I might crop a little from the bottom to minimize the OOF rock perch.
TFS

[Peter Farrell]

Very nice, great pose & Bg. I agree about the crop.
Peter

[Alfred Forns]

Agree on the crop suggestion !! Can only add would remove the second catchlight from the eye !!!

[Ray Rozema]

Agree with above, beautiful picture. It looks like the light is from the left instead of being from over your shoulder which was probably unavoidable.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

My favorite bird, love the pose. Nice eye and HA. Agree with bottom crop, minimize perch.

[Joel Eade]

Thanks for the helpful suggestions, here is the repost with different crop.

[Ray Rozema]

Tighter crop looks good.

[Harold Davis]

agreed! tighter crop is much nicer, minimizing the large perch.