- : Canon EOS 40D
- | Exposure: 0.050 s (1/20) (1/20)
- | Aperture: f/5.6
- | ISO speed: 500
- | Flash: No
- | Focal length: 170.00 (170/1)
Robin (Erithacus rubecula).
I took this at Sheffield Park on a typically wintry, English day. I stopped by a bench to change my macro lens and when I looked up, this little robin was perched about 10 inches away. By this time, I had the 100-400mm on and I was spitting feathers (no pun intended) at the lost opportunity. Undeterred, I scooted back ten feet and shot this in an awful hurry, just before the little robin took off. I know it's far from perfect and I hesitated about uploading it but he's just too cute and I can't bear to 'delete' him!
The robin did come back a few times but, by then, the light had gone. He seemed to think I had goodies in my camera bag for him. I usually do carry a variety of bird seed with me but I never thought to bring seed on a landscape shoot. There's a moral in this tale, somewhere ;)
I took this at Sheffield Park on a typically wintry, English day. I stopped by a bench to change my macro lens and when I looked up, this little robin was perched about 10 inches away. By this time, I had the 100-400mm on and I was spitting feathers (no pun intended) at the lost opportunity. Undeterred, I scooted back ten feet and shot this in an awful hurry, just before the little robin took off. I know it's far from perfect and I hesitated about uploading it but he's just too cute and I can't bear to 'delete' him!
The robin did come back a few times but, by then, the light had gone. He seemed to think I had goodies in my camera bag for him. I usually do carry a variety of bird seed with me but I never thought to bring seed on a landscape shoot. There's a moral in this tale, somewhere ;)
As usual you are far to hard on yourself. Lovely picture. Nice background colours and the red breast really jumps out at you
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Comment by David — 20 December, 2008 #
Beautiful sweet bird, Excellent detail and color. Stunning image!!!
Comment by Marcie — 20 December, 2008 #
Excellent quality picture, stunning image of a beautiful bird !
Comment by Denis — 30 December, 2008 #
Thank you, folks ~ Happy New Year to you all!
Comment by imajica — 1 January, 2009 #
now this is a fantastic picture i love it, what part of the uk do u roam? im from plymouth and venture on walks mainly on dartmoor. rich
Comment by plymmer — 11 January, 2009 #
sorry just read it its in sheffield lol
Comment by plymmer — 11 January, 2009 #
Hi plymmer
I took this in Sheffield Park, which is in Sussex. I come from Surrey (born and bred).
Comment by imajica — 11 January, 2009 #
What a nice shot! So sharp.
Comment by marianne — 13 January, 2009 #