REDBREAST

[Julian de'Courcy]

Spring came and went and hopefully it will come again next week. In the meantime I had a Robin visit me for food I suspect as it was wintry cold . Not having any food on me I took a photo instead.

OM-D EM-5 & Oly 75mm f1.8
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LANHYDROCK by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr



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LANHYDROCK by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Love the first, and the second is amusing. I really like this lens. Perfect dof in the first.

 

[Steve Boykin]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm off this week and have a project to install a bird bath and several bird feeders in my backyard. I don't think I have lens long enough. I couldn't take one this good anyway. Rob is right, the DOF is absolutely perfect on the first one. I really like the second one too. I'd probably running to the store for a loaf of bread....

 

[Stan Hesketh]

I love these shots. The bird looks so real in the first shot, as though you can reach out and touch it.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Very nice! How spherical is its body?!!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Very nice! How spherical is its body?!!

I know they appear to be different birds, yet are the same. It was cold and it was hungry, maybe desperate so came very close and stayed a while. It did puff itself into a ball, maybe this is a way to keep warmer.

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BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm off this week and have a project to install a bird bath and several bird feeders in my backyard. I don't think I have lens long enough. I couldn't take one this good anyway. Rob is right, the DOF is absolutely perfect on the first one. I really like the second one too. I'd probably running to the store for a loaf of bread....

Steve I always mean to carry bread with me to attract the birds closer. Never remember though.

Thanks Rob and Stan.

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nice Julian, especially the first.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

thaks Pete

 

[Paul Lange]

Very nice and really sharp! You know I think he auditioned for Angry Birds.

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Julian, both are beautiful in telling a compelling story of survival, and how the dark side could show up so easily on cute little birds too. Though, I prefer the peaceful and vulnerable feel on the first one.

 

[Brian Moore]

I like 'em both a lot, Julian, and I find the sharpness in the images to be exquisite. However, I'm saddened by the second image.

 

[Grant Young]

Can't image getting that close with a 75mm. Awesome images.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

I like 'em both a lot, Julian, and I find the sharpness in the images to be exquisite. However, I'm saddened by the second image.

Truth be known I did not notice the open mouth at the time and only in PS. Fortunately it is not so cold in Cornwall ever. I'll take a few bits of bread next time.

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Can't image getting that close with a 75mm. Awesome images.

Grant I was in a public garden where the birds and insects are very used to people. The Robin was a cars length away, with the M4/3 lens it converts to 150mm 35mm equivalent.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Robins have lots of meaning to me. Spring is one of them. These European ones are must cuter, at least in the first one, than our American ones. You caught this one in a "get away from me human" mode very well. Nice work.