STH71699
Well, the horses seemed to be popular, so here's another recent,
totally unplanned snap taken with my little Samsung - a suitable entry
for the current Photo Technique group "Fur & Feather (not
including pets)" challenge: www.flickr.com/groups/ptec/discuss/72157623112285413
This photo was taken on January 21, 2010 in Leatherhead, England, GB.
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frscspd, Simon_K, Mrs Logic, e812012, and 34 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Sir Cam (29 months ago | reply)
excellent portrait, paul!
paul (england) (29 months ago | reply)
Thanks, Sir Cam!
I only have to pitch up to take a photo somewhere around here
and this sprightly little fella comes to watch and sing to me.
Simon_K (29 months ago | reply)
Well, that's just about perfect. Well done.
frscspd (29 months ago | reply)
I agree -- a great portrait (like so many of them, with a great background!).
meg_williams (29 months ago | reply)
Absolutely charming, it seems you have a fan :-)
Cabrarian [deleted] (29 months ago | reply)
Marvellous!
sean_hickin (29 months ago | reply)
Great capture, Paul - really nicely done!
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Mrs Logic (29 months ago | reply)
He's beautiful, and you did a great job catching him on camera.
The profile is absolutely perfect.
innpictime (29 months ago | reply)
An excellent catch!
David John Harris (29 months ago | reply)
that's perfect. really well caught.
frscspd (29 months ago | reply)
Ooohhhh -- congratulations on Explore!
www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/2010/1/26/ page27
paul (england) (29 months ago | reply)
Well, thank-you very much indeed, everyone!
Of course I do have this ability to charm the birds out of the trees (cue The Carpenters?)... ;-), but to make Explore ... well, would you ever?! ... :-)
(Perhaps I should just give up trying to take "proper" photos and stick to the snaps ... ;-))
(I was actually planning to photograph the water droplets hanging off the near side of this bin, by the way. I suppose little redbreast was just curious ... )
Falt Line (29 months ago | reply)
Soft , interesting , well done . Thanx for posting
paul (england) (28 months ago | reply)
Thanks, Falt Line!
(By the way, does anyone know if I can get the EXIF data to appear for individual shots? There's no point with most of my photos because it would just show the film scanner info.)
M. Miranda (28 months ago | reply)
que linda!!!!!!
Celeste M (mostly off) (28 months ago | reply)
A delightful capture, very well composed.
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erigone (28 months ago | reply)
awesome!
@PAkDocK / www.pakdock.com (28 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot!!!
The intention, the adjustment and execution are outstanding here.
So nice.
Pete Morawski (28 months ago | reply)
very cute capture :)
fenlandsnapper (28 months ago | reply)
Well captured. Love the inquisitive look he is giving you.
paul (england) (28 months ago | reply)
Thanks, Marcela, Celeste, Anna, PAk, Peter and
I-still-don't-know-your-name,-do-I?!
LOlandeseVolante (28 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!
Seen in Explore.
Don Briggs (28 months ago | reply)
Wow, he's a beauty! What a sweet look! Great color!
four tails trying to catch up slowly (28 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called wild animals,birds and mini bugs worldwide, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
nice capture of this robin,good details and colour
faster2007 (28 months ago | reply)
Det er et fint billede af en rødhals,godt foto da det er meget svært at fotografere fugle,de er så hurtige!!...det har du også været!
BirdsPhotos
Please add this great bird photo to "Birds Photos" group
originalimac (28 months ago | reply)
nice1
great clarity
ROQUE141 (28 months ago | reply)
Preciosa toma!!!
paul (england) (28 months ago | reply)
Thanks, Orazio, Don, Yvonne (added!), Jytte (just luck,really - I normally wouldn't even begin to try to photograph birds, but this one came right down next to me and was just *asking* for it - and the camera was in my hand!), Ian & Roque!
Pete Morawski (28 months ago | reply)
cute portrait :)
adrians_art (28 months ago | reply)
What a moment Paul!
deepintheforestcat (28 months ago | reply)
Amazing, beautiful shot of a Robin.
This is soooo good, Paul!!!!!
paul (england) (28 months ago | reply)
Thanks, Peter, Adrian and Chelsea! Really just luck more than anything - happening to have the camera in my hand - all I had to do was make sure I focused on the bird first. (I won't show you the ones where I didn't ... ;-))
galuppi (28 months ago | reply)
Not bad for a snap! ;-) The robin is gorgeous but clearly he's a poser. The light in the background landscape is exquisite. I vote for more more more recent 'snaps'!
paul (england) (28 months ago | reply)
But then I might just take over Expolre - it wouldn't be fair on everyone else, Elizabeth. No, I think I'll continue to slave away with film and not ask for (or get) any reward ... . Anyway, I'm not going to get this lucky again, am I? (And yes, a total poser ... )
fauve_gal (28 months ago | reply)
Perfect focus and soft background and such a pretty coloured robin,I've never seen an orange one before.Congrats on explore!
paul (england) (28 months ago | reply)
Thanks, Deb. I think the colour's about right - though the light is so blue here in the winter that I probably de-blued it, which means more yellow, so perhaps more orange. But "robin orange breast" doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it?
fauve_gal (28 months ago | reply)
No I wondered about that.I haven't seen a robin red breast for many ,many years,even little blue wrens are rare these days. We have a pretty yellow breasted Robin that is common enough,but I don't know where the others have gone-I presume they are all introduced species here.Maybe they are hanging out in the cities in great numbers and not visiting the countryside often enough for me to notice them?
frscspd (28 months ago | reply)
I have never seen a robin with a redder (and less orangey) breast than this -- but it may well be that I am on a very blue environment too!
paul (england) (28 months ago | reply)
Well, I've certainly never seen a yellow robin or a blue wren. To me one of the saddest and most shocking changes I've noticed in and around my parents' garden (and I guess it's the same elsewhere) is the disappearance of the birds. Sparrows, for example, once so common - gone. Far fewer birds and far fewer types of birds. I don't know what we're doing to the environment (their habitat), but it obviously isn't good.
frscspd (28 months ago | reply)
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/wh at-is-killin...
Yes, it is very distressing. The sparrows' disappearance seemed so very sudden.
paul (england) (28 months ago | reply)
So, lots of theories - but what's almost most worrying is that no-one has a clue as to the actual cause(s). (It's interesting that some places seem relatively unaffected - that should give some clues.) And these are our close relatives ... so who knows what we're doing to *us*?
fauve_gal (28 months ago | reply)
Poor little sparrows,they wouldn't stand a chance against the maggies.They've been disappearing from our cities for decades.
paul (england) (28 months ago | reply)
Don't blame the maggies! They've been coexisting with the sparrows for ever (and anyway it wouldn't do any species any good to wipe out its prey) - and I bet magpies' numbers are down, too. No, it's bound to be *us* - it always is.
frscspd (28 months ago | reply)
Oh yes, I agree it must be us -- the suggestion I find is really apocalyptic is the unleaded petrol one.
But I don't think we should exclude the possibility of a stupid predator, esp. since *we* are one such!
paul (england) (28 months ago | reply)
But we always had magpies and sparrowhawks and cats ...
(Situations like this always bring out our prejudices,
don't they? - I'd be all in favour of it being all the front-gardens-
converted-into-carparks.)
frscspd (28 months ago | reply)
Well, you are probably right -- cars are at the bottom of it all, anyway. And the elimination of the front gardens is such an Obviously Bad Thing...!
dirac3000 (26 months ago | reply)
cute one! I like the focus and the sharpness, cool.
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luminousowl (22 months ago | reply)
Firstly, this is beautiful. Secondly, the problem of disappearing birds is one that worries me intensely. In my experience, a significant element lies in the degradation of gardens, increasingly turning into miserable low-maintenance wastes, neatened into absolute sterility - something mirrored in agriculture. But it's amazing how life will thrive in a little bit of chaos :)
paul (england) (22 months ago | reply)
Ian - you're not meant to like photos taken with this little digital camera! ;-)
I agree entirely about all the disappearing wildlife. Perhaps what's most worrying is that we live somewhere that, apart from all the front gardens being turned into carparks, is relatively unaffected (we back onto a railway line, with uncultivated fields beyond) and yet *still* there has been such a huge decline over the years. Very worrying - but, as you say, nature does hang on in there against the odds!
Félix Gutiérrez [deleted] (6 months ago | reply)
good one, my friend ;), faved
paul (england) (6 months ago | reply)
Thanks, Felix!