FZ2: Robin

[Bluegrass]

Again taken by my wife Jo. Hand-held in the "red camera" symbol mode. No post-processing,except to resize. Cheers,bob

 

[jimh155385]

I thought I'd chuck in my Robin picture (British variety!).(FZ1)



Les

Hi Leslie,

Lovely picture of a Robin who looks like he's feeling the cold!

Jim H.

 

[Kirwin]

Hi Tels,

I think you have started something here...

Agree with Gil... Nice composition on your image. Thanks for sharing.
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[Tels]

Moin,

Boy what happened? 23 comments overnight? Wow, did I do accidentily post some nude pictures of a gorgeous woman?

Thank you all for your comments I will devour them in the comming minutes - with a cup of hot coffey and some chocolate cookie

Best wishes,

Tels

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[Tels]

Tels/John
You are both right! Tels picture is indeed a Robin of the
British/European variety. The American Robin is a much bigger
bird, more like the size of a blackbird here. The Robin is one of
our best-loved garden birds - they are very bold (cheeky even!) and
will sit on the gardeners fork while he is resting as if to say
"come on, more worms please!" They also sometimes build their
nests in very strange places - disused tractors/machinery etc!

Thanx for the wonderfull story, this vividle brings picturesto my mind.

Tels - you have made me smile again - Robin Redbreast is simply an
affectionate name for this popular bird, the name we might use when
describing him to children!

The German name is "rotkehlchen" which you could translate as "red guts" or "redbreast"

By the way, I do not have a gallery. I once put some example pics
on pbase but my free trial seems to have expired. I spend too much
time messing about with cameras instead of taking pictures. I will
have to put that right!

Yes! Please show me some of your pics.

Btw, thank you for your comments!

Best wishes,

Tels

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[Tels]

Tels - here are two good examples of the Amrican Robin here in the
USofA.

Wow, thanx! (also thanx to the parent poster for the wikipedia links - I forgot to check it as usual).

The European robin is as big as a blue tit - e.g. very small

Nice capture BTW.

Thank you! The one in wikipedia looks better, though, because you can see his front!

Cheers,

Tels

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[Tels]

I thought I'd chuck in my Robin picture (British variety!).(FZ1)

Woow! What a brilliant capture! He (or she?) also looks very aehm puffed up )

Cheers,

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[Tels]

Just another example of American dominance. Bigger cars, bigger
Robins! ;-) I think your little Robins are about the size of one of
our little Hermit Thrushes, but in accordance with the European vs.
American economies, they probably eat less.

LOL. And they look more cute

It's funny, I never thought about where "John Reed" posts from...

Cheers,

Tels

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[Tels]

That's right, start an argument, then disappear!

LOL: I saw Johns comment and then did go to bed - usually I do not get more than one or two comments so I thought i would be safe...[note to self: next time just mislabel the photo of a bird and disappear :-]

Well, I'm going to do the same. Off to bed now (according to my
husband that DOESN'T mean I've had the last word!)

LOL.

Cheers,

Tels

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[Tels]

I apologize if I have played any part in this "battle of the
beaks"; "furor over feathers"; "avian anger"; conflict over color;
maelstrom about mass".

LOL.

You didn't mention "evil of eyes"

May I show my first Robin of this spring.
Karl

Nice capture, Karl. It is a bit soft, and has quite some CA. You could sharpen it and also try to tone down the contrast a bit...

Cheers,

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[Tels]

While we're on the topic, I took a series of shots of a robin
family (American - empty nest to empty nest) last spring. See
http://www.ishots.net/robins

Wow, great series! Thanx for sharing,

Tels

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[JRobins]

Lovely shot is right!!

For another comparison, here's a big fluffy big sky (Montana) robin for comparison (shot with an UZI)



Joan

Hi Tels,

I think you have started something here...

Agree with Gil... Nice composition on your image. Thanks for sharing.
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[Tels]

Again taken by my wife Jo. Hand-held in the "red camera" symbol
mode. No post-processing,except to resize. Cheers,bob

Great capture! They are a bit overexposed, so you might want to tone them down a bit. And maybe sharpen them after downsizing

best wishes,

tels
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[Tels]

Now that's a beauty. Belongs on a calendar, a t-shirt, a coffee
cup, something where it will bring a smile. Nice.

Wow, thanx for the praise I fear there is not enough quality to print it on a t-shirt, but a postard or coffee mug might do. What was the name of the shop were you could make your own accessoires and sell them over the web? Something with coffee..

Cheers,

Tels

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[Tels]

Lovely shot is right!!

Thanx for the praise! And to think that I was actually looking for a jaybird when I came across this little fellow

For another comparison, here's a big fluffy big sky (Montana) robin
for comparison (shot with an UZI)

Wow, that is big! The surely grow big in the mountains!

Cheers,

Tels

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[Leslie Kerr]

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