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Scruffy No Tail


Scruffy No Tail
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Copyright: Mish PM (Finland_in_Eton) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 156 W: 23 N: 225] (876)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-14
Categories: Birds
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50
Exposure: f/3.7, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-07-18 5:00
Viewed: 688
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is the same robin I saw last week and whose picture I posted with the title of Sun Bather. I know it's the same robin as we fished in the same location and robins are nothing if not territorial. One robin to a patch. I tend to name critters that I see on a regular basis... there's Vernon the Vole at our favorite spot on The Thames here at the college... yeah I know... pathetic.. what can I say. The sun bather, therefore, was christened Scruffy due to his rather bedraggled appearance. This weekend Scruffy appeared minus the two or three tail feathers he'd been sporting last week. With no tail he looks so very round.. like a colorful cotton ball. This photo shows him, sans tail, quite well.

It was taken at a bit of a distance and so is lacking some finer detail, but I like the colors and the dappled sunlight on the branches. I had to crop it quite severely to keep him from getting lost in the underbrush and to achieve what I think is a decent composition. Post processing consisted of adjusting the colors with the color fade tool, manually adjusting the contrast/brightness for a little more depth, one pass through digital noise removal and fixing the rest of the BG noise with the soften tool set low. Once it was resized I picked out a few individual details with the sharpen tool, again set low. This was done in Paint Shop Pro Photo XI.
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Hello Mish,
You got the fellow:-)...
It IS superstar Vernon the Vole:-)
TFS
Annick

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16522)
  • [2007-07-18 6:48]

Hi Mish

Great POV with great colours.

James

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1112 W: 23 N: 3660] (13089)
  • [2007-07-18 7:05]

Hi Mish,
i love the setting for this shot, amongst the branches and leaves where he should be.
The lighting is nice, and the PP work you've done on the selective sharpening is good too.
well done!
Paul

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2007-07-18 7:58]

Hi Mish,

A beautiful little robin and a beautiful setting. I love the way he is positioned in the angle of the branches. Wonderful lighting on the bird. Excellent colors and details and a beautiful composition.


Jane

Outstanding detail and fantastic color...Excellent eye contact with fine composition...TFS
Jim

Hi Mish,
Nicely framed by the branches, excellent light and DOF...
And yes, he looks like "a colorful cotton ball"
Outstanding! Marta

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  • rcrick Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 717 W: 37 N: 1558] (5011)
  • [2007-07-18 19:35]

Hello Mish, really nice capture on the Robin, nicely framed with good colours and sharpness...tfs Rick

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2007-07-19 2:43]

Mish, What a bird and its look. I love the way it is looking in between the branches. Ganesh

Hi Mish,
Well its a very cute photo of scruffy, cute that you name the birds..why not..:o) I like your pov here and nice color. TFS
Donna:o)

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  • bobair Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 398 W: 118 N: 1435] (5172)
  • [2007-08-29 20:56]

Hi Mish,
what a charming little robin you have graced TN with.You have good colour and detail working well for you.They sure do not look anything like the American robins I know but this was the first to be called robin and is rather cute looking at that.Tfs.

Bob

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2007-09-05 20:26]

Hello Mish, what a cute bird, very sharp image, well exposed and very well composed. Well done, thanks.

Mario

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