Portrait of Robin

Gallery: AvianPosted February 7, 201175 views4 comments

A portrait of a robin at my balcony feeder.
Lit bit of cloning out of disturbing background just above the head. Slight crop from the right side for composition.
C&C welcome.

Nikon D300 Nikkor 500/4 AFS VR ISO 640 1/160 sec f5,6 Tripod Natural Light

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4 comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on February 7, 2011 at 2:49 PM

Nice shot, Maurizio. Good exposure on the bird, nice colors and details too. IMHO the BG looks a bit too bright.
Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 7, 2011 at 4:42 PM

Maurizio, this is a nice look at this robin. For me the BG overwhelms the bird a bit. If you could bring down the BG a bit it would help I think.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 7, 2011 at 8:41 PM

Sweet pose and beautiful bird Maurizio. I like the eye contact. Agree with Ron B on the background.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Maurizio De Vita on February 8, 2011 at 12:11 PM

Thank you very much for your opinions.

To my eyes the BG isn't that overwhelming (maybe I should learn to prepare better the images for the web!), but I will try to tone it down in PS and ask for your opinion again.
Having said that, I have to confess this is something I don't like to do much, because I feel it sort of modify in a big way the moment captured. The BG was sunlit, the bird was not. To me there is some sort of beauty in this. I am not sure if altering the BG I will cross the border between photography and graphic art… What are your opinions?

Registered on August 26, 2008, 11 Posts, 66 Comments