Very nice captures of one of my favorite italian bird, Nello. Beautiful song and proud character. I'm picking the last shot as my favorite, even if it is not the best angle, because to me has a better italian "flavor".
Socrate
P.S. Did you know that their heart has almost one thousand beats per minute?
Nice set! I like the focus in the second but the last is my favorite - the colorful bricks and moss set off the pretty bird for a outstanding shot. That being said you might want to crop a little off the right. Steve W
Lovely shots Nello and I look forward to your posts, but I'm going to make you envious!
The Robin isn't shy here in the UK, and will happily share your sandwich on a park bench or follow you around whilst gardening hoping for the occasional worm Apparently, on the continent they follow wild boar in the forests for creatures disturbed when foraging, whereas here we managed to wipe out boars a long while back and so the Robin adapted to follow humans. Most gardens have a resident Robin. That said every other bird seems to fly off as soon as I get my camera out
Tim Kuhn wrote:
Nello, these are very nice. I really like 2, maybe clone out the stick? Keep them coming.
Tim
Thank you Tim! I thought about cloning the stick for a moment or so out of the picture but I was sooo tired (or should I say lazy?) and since I always like to clone on the original/big file it will be very time consuming. Once I get more time-off i'll get to it
Shasoc wrote:
Very nice captures of one of my favorite italian bird, Nello. Beautiful song and proud character. I'm picking the last shot as my favorite, even if it is not the best angle, because to me has a better italian "flavor".
Socrate
P.S. Did you know that their heart has almost one thousand beats per minute?
Socrate they have a beautiful song indeed! specially so early in the morning with all that silence around. I didn't know they have such a fast heart-beat rate!! geez no wonder they're so quick to escape hard to beat them huh? my 70-80 beats/min. against theirs..not much of a competition really
alameda wrote:
Nice set! I like the focus in the second but the last is my favorite - the colorful bricks and moss set off the pretty bird for a outstanding shot. That being said you might want to crop a little off the right. Steve W
Tkx for the suggestion Steve W! Yes those bricks do make a nice bg. About the crop...I don't know..maybe I can give it a try and see if I like it better!
Dave In La wrote:
beautiful little bird, nice handling of your gear Nello.
Be sure to take a peak at the new Sigma 150-500 stabilized lens just announced.
Dave funny you mentioned that! as soon as I saw the news on dpreview I felt anxious again! Let me explain why. It took me a few months to decide between the 300mm F4 IS Vs. 100-400mm IS Vs. 400mm 5.6. I've eliminated the 400mm prime for the lack of Is (I like handholding the lens and often I shoot low speeds around 1/100s or so) but the struggle between the 300mm and the zoom was awful I decided on the zoom since I plan on using the 1.4 TC on it for some extra reach and moon shots. And now Sigma throws this at me!! I don't know..I've had some bad experiences w Sigma's zooms so if this lens comes out quick enough i'll might give it a thought BUT only if my shop has a copy for me to test 1st...and if the price is reasonable! Around 1500€?? we'll see
P.S. that 120-400mm stabilized doesn't look too bad either!
A real pretty bird, Nello. In fact the coloring and body shape make it appear more attaractive than the American Robin and more like the various species of Warblers we have here.
Fizzog wrote:
Lovely shots Nello and I look forward to your posts, but I'm going to make you envious!
The Robin isn't shy here in the UK, and will happily share your sandwich on a park bench or follow you around whilst gardening hoping for the occasional worm Apparently, on the continent they follow wild boar in the forests for creatures disturbed when foraging, whereas here we managed to wipe out boars a long while back and so the Robin adapted to follow humans. Most gardens have a resident Robin. That said every other bird seems to fly off as soon as I get my camera out ...Show more →
share the sandwich? do they ask you for double cheese and ketchup? just kidding. I think it's great that they trust humans more in UK. you guys can take great close-up shots! thank you for taking time to comment and share your experience.
Mr Zoom wrote:
A real pretty bird, Nello. In fact the coloring and body shape make it appear more attaractive than the American Robin and more like the various species of Warblers we have here.
Ken
I agree Ken. Actually (from what I've read so far) the American robin IS NOT related to the european 1. The american is twice (or more) the size of the european! Actually the american robin is closer to the blackbird (turdus). All of them have the same family name though: THRUSH
Hope i'm not mistaken here
hard to beat them huh? my 70-80 beats/min. against theirs..not much of a competition really