He was feeding on ornamental pears during a snowstorm.
This image won 1st place in a Mass Audubon photo contest.
American Robin Feeding
He was feeding on ornamental pears during a snowstorm.
This image won 1st place in a Mass Audubon photo contest.
You captured a really nice moment. The only suggestion I'd have is to maybe try an extra lick of sharpening on the head.
Hi Lee. Can see why it won for you. Love the winter feel here. I posted a sample rework that better explains my personal taste more than words. A bit of local contrast and levels work just to make the bird pop a bit more. Great image.
Regards.
Stu.
Thanks Stuart. I like your version better than mine.
I'll have to practice CS a bit more.
Thanks again.
Yes, it's very nice! I can see why it won. I have a question, though...what is the white band that appears at the bottom of the bird's breast? I can't quite figure out what that is...
My suggestion would be to consider cloning out the two small twigs that go out of the frame's edge on the upper right side. They are in direct line with the bird and my eye keeps going over to them and right out of the frame. If they were gone I think my eye would stay on the bird even more.
Again, congrats on the win!
Nice detail and congrats on the win. I like the falling snow as well.
TFS,
Rachel
Hi Lee- Nicely done capturing the feeding action. I like the light and the colours in the bird. I may be wrong but the focus point looks like it was on the upper wing, which is nice and sharp. The head is behind the plain of focus and it is tough to make it sharp using traditional sharpening tools. A deconvolution run in Topaz InFocus selectively on the head may work. It would be useful to have the techs for the image to see what f-stop was used and how much depth of field might have been there.
Well done on the competition!
If you mean the small white band that's still well on the left side of the bird, it's simply a meeting of the white feather edges that you get with really, really fresh plumage. If you mean the big white band closer to the main branch, that's the bird's lower belly and rump.Originally Posted by Julie Kenward
It really is nice to see somebody take a subject as "ordinary" as an American Robin and show what a great image can be created with it. I think some people ignore common yet really beautiful birds sometimes.
Well said Paul. This image has a great feel.
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