My friend, the Robin.

[nitsch]

Spent the afternoon out in the garden today and this little fellow decided to join me. He kept picking up little bits of grass and hedge cuttings, I guess for a nest. I went in the get the camera and he did me the honour of posing for a few shots.

I'm really chuffed with this one. Taken at ISO400 with the 300D and the Sigma 70-300 APO II. Enjoy!

http://www.nitsch.co.uk/photos/robin2_small.jpg

[tupe]

Beautiful bird - great shot.

[wizzcom]

Really nice. That is a beautiful shot.

[BlueTit]

Great shot. They are great for posing, they have very little fear. Lovely colours.

[Wrench]

Great shot! What focal length was that shot at? I just bought that lense and I love it so far!

[nitsch]

Thanks everyone! :)

[nitsch]

Great shot! What focal length was that shot at? I just bought that lense and I love it so far!

Cheers! 214mm according to the EXIF. I manged to get to about 10 foot away from him as I think he'd got used to me being about in the garden.

[GTogs]

Lovely Bird and great shot!

[marie]

it was your avatar made me look for this shot now


http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif
it's a beauty
congratulations
great shot of a beautiful bird
you got it so well

[nitsch]

Thanks Marie, thats a real compliment coming from you. :)

[skade]

That sure is a neat shot!

[Leorooster]

It's a very nice capture. Love the sharpness of it. Great job.

[mrclark321]

Great capture...very sharp. Robbins are such great birds, I have one in the kids tree fort and we are always checking on the babys. Momma does not do much squawking but we never touch the nest or babys.

Dan