An Old Friend

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• Signal-Womb (10869)
• [2005-11-18 13:57]

Alan you bring me out of hibernation with this one. What a wonderful capture of the Robin, my favorite bird for sure. Great composition and frame. Excellent work.

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• Runnerduck (1847)
• [2005-11-18 13:58]

Blimey, everyone seems to be digging images out of their archives today, and they're great! How can you all hold on to them for so long without posting. I look through my archives nearly everyweek and just find myself deleting more and more!!!
Anyway (breath..), she's lovely, I just love Robins, they're legs crack me up, how do they stand with such dainty legs!
Great comp and detail. You are right, if you'd taken this image today it would be so much better, but I would be more than happy posting this image.
Good work and thanks for posting.
Have a good weekend.

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• sAner (4742)
• [2005-11-18 14:02]

Hi Alan,

Good shot. Well composed and sharp details. Colors are very nice and the exposure is spot on. I love the thick, fat, black frame. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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• hummingbird24 (64)
• [2005-11-18 14:49]

This is a wonderful cheery post from you today Alan.

Just what I needed, with all the snow going on outside. I wasn't ready... ;-(

Nicely composed; good colors, lighting and POV.

Well done and thank you.

Looking forward to the new crop of this season.

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• jossim (11868)
• [2005-11-18 15:20]

Très belle photo, les couleurs et l'éclairage sont excellent.

Félicitation et merci pour l'envoie Alan!

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• alejandroguzman (452)
• [2005-11-18 17:35]

Hi Alan:

What a colorful picture.... great colors, so warm and powerful....

tfs
Alejandro

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• coasties (27492)
• [2005-11-18 18:11]

Hi Alan

Short on time today, but this is an excellent shot. Very well composed. Good use of light. Sharp. clear details and great BG. Very cute! Well done. Thanks.

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• extramundi (12682)
• [2005-11-18 19:22]

I just love this one. Is simply encharming.
The quality is super.
Congrats and thanks for sharing. Regards, Felipe.

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2005-11-19 4:37]

Hello Alan!
Wonderful Robin capture.Vivid colors,POV,eye contact,sharpness,details and composition are perfect.TFS...:-)

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• marhowie (34439)
• [2005-11-19 7:04]

Great work Alan. Well composed with a great POV, detail and color in this little guy. Good use of flash..Well done. Thank You!

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• Toni (2034)
• [2005-11-19 8:33]

Hi Alan
Very cute pose from this robin. How did you forget to post it in February ? Lovely orange breast. Good blurry BG. Like your frame.
Regards Toni

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• scottevers7 (12253)
• [2005-11-19 10:02]

Hi Alan,
An excellent shot on this European Robin. The colors and detail are good. Well composed and framed. The post processing appears to have been very helpful.
Scott

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• Mousehill (742)
• [2005-11-19 12:21]

A very fine image Alan, I'm glad you dug into your archives :-). The composition with the wooden post in the frame is excellent. Great sharpness and saturation as well!

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• wallhalla15 (13787)
• [2005-11-19 14:20]

Excellent shot Alan, great colours/lighting, details and sharpness, nice bg and contrast. Very well done, thanks for sharing.

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• Luc (14711)
• [2005-11-19 16:49]

Personal assessment of the photo: very good.
Capacity of evocation in me: strong.
Strong visual impact.
Aptness of the photo for the site: excellent.
Personal assessment of the note: good.
Thank you very much Alan. A very cute bird.

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• glazzaro (4497)
• [2005-11-19 21:07]

Good detail, nice exposure.

Greg

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• chouette (3000)
• [2005-11-20 0:27]

Excellent capture Alan! This bird is really cute! Colors are nice, DOF and sharpness excellent. Your old friend stands out nicely on this dark BG ;-)
Thanks for sharing!

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• manyee (19602)
• [2005-11-20 3:40]

Hello, Alan. What a cute little robin. The colors on his chest are stunning. A magnificent portrait with sharp details and perfect exposure. Well done and TFS. : )

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• ddg (4989)
• [2005-11-20 4:47]

Alan bonjour, je suis de retour!! Ce petit rouge gorge est de toute beauté. Composition , colors and sharpness are perfect. Color on the chest blend well!! Congratulations Didier.

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• Graal (4998)
• [2005-11-20 6:24]

Hi Alan,
very nice friend. Good capture. Curious pose. I like the DOF and colours.Good note also. Well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

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• AnimalExplorer (8292)
• [2005-11-20 15:26]

Your cute birdy is just adorable I just wanna give it a big hug and then a nooky, then ruffle the dinkers out of it's cute feathers. This is very well captured with exceptional lighting. Well done Alan. Paul :)

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• wishnugaruda (13860)
• [2005-11-20 16:36]

Hey my little sweet orange friend, you are so lovely and Alan made a beautiful sharp shot of you. Your colours are so brilliant and you were posing so nice, I love you.
Give my greetings to Alan and tell him, he made a wonderful photo, bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• annagrace (2992)
• [2005-11-20 18:48]

What do you mean the capture isn't brilliant? I beg to differ! Fabulous capture with wonderful sharpness, color and POV. I really don't see how it could be improved.

Hope you are recovering from your overbooked weekend, LOL!

Your friend from the land of too much tequila (I'll tell you about that privately, LOL!),

Alli

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• thistle (9152)
• [2005-11-21 11:26]
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I really wanted to write at last something else than "sweet and perfect" and you're posting this shot ;)
There's no other way than repeat it once more. For me the photo is perfect, and it's impossible to say this birdy isn't sweet.
Maybe if you post a photo of toad or other creture of this kind I'll be able to write something different ;)

Have a great week my friend :)

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• pompey (2762)
• [2005-11-21 14:51]

Good shot Alan, a cute pose to be sure, but they are the most photogenic of birds.
Good colours and feather details.
Thanks for sharing.
Michael.

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• livios (16850)
• [2005-11-22 10:30]

Alan, how nice he's back.

Excellent lighting, pov, composition, dof and sharpness.

Vivid and lovely colors upon the feathers.

Great job.

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• Janice (17183)
• [2005-12-03 6:04]

What a sweetie Alan. I love your robin red breast, such cute little round bundle of feathers. Nice and sharp, and wonderful colours. Well done.
You have a good weekend ... Hot and sunny out here.

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• twin (3247)
• [2005-12-04 4:36]

robin is my favourite bird... you captured in a very beautiful composition... the pose is excellent...
lovely shot...
congratulations Alan..

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• ma-at (142)
• [2006-06-21 4:55]

I have just viewed all your images which have left me breathless! I continually bemoan the fact that I can't travel as much as some other folks, you have made me realise that thats not an excuse for not taking great photos. Thanks for that!
I love the way you use the same frame..might try that myself. Must add to my favourites.
Lesley