Robin

[Birdy]

Enjoying the morning sun earlier this morning


Robin1 by Birdy574, on Flickr


Robin2 by Birdy574, on Flickr


Robin3 by Birdy574, on Flickr

[DeeGee]

Re: Robin

Do like the last one, wonder if blurring/cloning out the branches at the back would help.

[oldcanon]

Re: Robin

classic fluffy Robin shots, they always bring a smile to my face.
I don't mind the detailed environment, (although I know I'm in the minority - I was however told by an "International Judge" that one of my "Busy" shots was in the modern "Salon Genre" even though normal judges hated it!)

So there you are - you are clearly shooting in the modern Salon genre too!

[mikep]

Re: Robin

Hi Birdy

#1 for me, as it seems the sharpest, and he's looking straight at the camera! Nice detail as well. I'm not too fussed by the BG, as that helps place where the bird is!

Thanks for posting.

Mike

[Jedicolin]

Re: Robin

Nice little chap! I like them all, the light is really good. Can I ask what size lens you used?

[hhcanon]

Re: Robin

Top work - like them all.
What the heck is 'salon genre'??

[Birdy]

Re: Robin

Thank you all for taking time to comment. The whole issue of backgrounds and natural settings is quite interesting and to some extent, IMHO, a personal perspective but I see the issue. I will try to see what one of these looks like if I can blur the twig in the background as you suggest Di. I should have reduced the aperture to improve this but was keen to make sure the Robin was all in focus as I do get some mixed results on autofocus (user error I expect). But with the ISO set at 400, and using F11 at 1/800 there was plenty of scope to adjust things; although he had flown off long before I had thought about making changes!

Brian: I haven’t ventured to expose my photos beyond this forum but I’ll remember the ‘modern Saloon genre’ tag if I ever do!

Colin: The lens was the 70-300L IS and he was sat in perfect sunshine just getting warmed up.

Thanks again.

Andrew

[Birdy]

Re: Robin

Mike: Just looked a little closer at the pictures and I think #1 is sharper due to adjustments made before I processed the RAW file. Looks like I used slightly different settings.

Andrew

[oldcanon]

Re: Robin

What the heck is 'salon genre'??

Apparently that's how you have to talk if you are a Top International Judge / Photographer (thee & me may think its another case of BS BB )

I think the point was that there is a trend in the bigger competitions to look for images showing not only the subject but the environment in which it lives and if possible, something about the behaviour of the subject. Moving away from "Bird on a Stick" and toward a "Bird at home behaving naturally"?)