[Leica] Flame Robin

[telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)]

on 5/13/04 9:24 PM, Rick Dykstra at rdcb37@cyberone.com.au wrote:

> Hi all.  Long time no see.
> 
> Please find a link to an image I captured a little while back.  After a
> drum scan to 72Mb its up on the wall as a 20 x 30.  A robin the size of
> a vulture!   It looks all right but doesn't have the luminous impact of
> the tranny.  The link below is a 200Kb file.
> 
> These flame robins hang around in gangs and the boy robins in
> particular like to sit up on a high point to show off.   I should
> probably claim that I sat under a sack for five hours waiting for the
> one shot, but no, the robins were lining up for their turn.  Taken with
> an R8 and Velvia 50.
> 
> http://users.cyberone.com.au/rdcb37/flamerobin.jpg
> 
> Regards, Rick Dykstra.
> 

Cool bird, and excellent photo of it.  Is it the scan or is it the Velvia?
The reds seem to have lost detail due to over-saturation.  In any event,
well done.  What lens?

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com