Another robin!!

[sypix]

Taken yesterday, when the weather was a bit better!!




Taken here, Branston Water Park.
This was about an hour later.

 

[R8JimBob88]

Wow, thats fantastic! You should be proud of that one

 

[mmcp42]

that is one neat Robin!
well done, sir!

 

[BRASH]

Canny stuff

 

[lammie]

A lovely robin shot. Nice and sharp

 

[Trex500]

Very nice indeed.

 

[Cuddy]

Spot on Robin, well done

 

[Dark Star]

Great Robin! Nice one!

 

[sbowler579]

Did you give its feathers a comb before the shot.

 

[DiddyDave]

FAB - if it was any sharper I'd ask for a print and put it in my kitchen cutlery drawer!

DD

 

[oldgit]

top notch shot

 

[sypix]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone

Here's another one, from the same day.

 

[ed34]

the robin is a great shot

 

[Shogun]

How do you get feathers that sharp?
This is my miserable effort. What am I doing wrong?

It was fairly poor light and a biggish crop.
Sorry if I am hijacking the thread.

 

[sypix]

I'm not sure really. Could be camera shake? Looks like you shot at 1/60s, which is quite low, unless you had support? Having said that I also shot at 1/60s, handheld, at twice your focal length (400mm), but I have IS to help me out a bit. I suppose it's how steady your hand is.

BTW, my shot is full frame, apart from the square crop. Robins usually let you get reasonably close to them, if you're careful. My technique is to take a few shots, take a step forward, take a few more and repeat until he flies off!! There are far more experienced bird photographers here. Maybe one of them can tell you where you are going wrong?

 

[Dejavu]

Cracking shots Torpedo

 

[Shogun]

I'm not sure really. Could be camera shake? Looks like you shot at 1/60s, which is quite low, unless you had support? Having said that I also shot at 1/60s, handheld, at twice your focal length (400mm), but I have IS to help me out a bit. I suppose it's how steady your hand is.

BTW, my shot is full frame, apart from the square crop. Robins usually let you get reasonably close to them, if you're careful. My technique is to take a few shots, take a step forward, take a few more and repeat until he flies off!! There are far more experienced bird photographers here. Maybe one of them can tell you where you are going wrong?

Light was bad so ISO set at 800, shutter at 1/60 camera on mono pod (well closed up tripod so I could move around easily) No IS on the lens.