AMERICAN ROBIN (Turdus migratorius)


Posted by Peter M. Noyes on Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:35 pm

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Attached (Ihope) is a photograph of a male American Robin Red-Breast. The photograph was taken with a D1X using a 300MM F4.0 D series Nikon AF Lens with a TC 1.4E converter and Lexar Digital Film.The photograph is sort of unique in that you don't see many pictures looking up at a bird on the ground. I used a VISUAL ECHOES ground mount which placed my camera at ground level.
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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:54 pm
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Peter,
Nice rich color and as you said very low perspective. A little tight in the frame, but overall very nice.
Can you tell us where you got the ground pod and do they have a website?
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by AlexC on Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:02 pm
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Low is one thing, this is Fox hole low!!!, nice bird and tight in frame , nice color to boot!! Congrats!!! 8)
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by Anthony Medici on Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:07 pm
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How low can you go? :?:
I agree about the tightness. I guess the bird landed (or hopped) closer than you expected. Still a nice image though.



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by Alan Murphy on Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:15 pm
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Love the low profile Peter. I would have liked to have seen some of the legs to complete this great image. It could also benefit with a touch more sharpening.

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by E.J. Peiker on Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:15 pm
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I like it very much as is! It's like the worm looking up at the Robin :lol:
 

by matt kuchta on Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:25 pm
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Not too tight for me, either. I would opt for a touch more USM.

I like the color here too.
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by Juli Wilcox on Sun Aug 24, 2003 1:03 am
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A very pretty bird! And the color combo rocks! There seems to be quite a few dust specks on the sensor (?) They are not tooo noticeable, depending upon how picky you might like to be! :mrgreen:
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by Paula G on Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:48 am
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My, that is low indeed! Well done, very nice colours and bg. Looks a bit soft on my monitor and some USM in PS would sort that.
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by Peter M. Noyes on Sun Aug 24, 2003 8:35 am
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This is in response to Richard Mittleman's question about the VISUAL ECHOES panning plate. I purchased mine fro Moose Peterson's Trading Post http://www.moose395.net/Merchant2/merch ... ry_Code=CG Kirk Photo also offers a similar device called a LOW POD http://www.kirkphoto.com/supports.html#lowpod I hope this answered your question satisfactorily.
 

by Jim Probst on Sun Aug 24, 2003 11:59 am
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Peter,

The low perspective is great! Nicely done!
 

by ajhand on Sun Aug 24, 2003 6:33 pm
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This is another response to Richard about ground plates:

Before you spend over a hundred bucks for one of these, you might experiment with making your own. In its simplest form, it could be nothing more than a chunk of 2 by 12 about 16 inches long with a carriage bolt up through the middle, sized to fit your tripod head (usually 3/8 inch diameter). Round over all the bottom edges so it is easy to slide in any direction. Jim Zipp has one like this and it works fine
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I made one slightly more sophisticated which is basically a plywood equilateral triangle, about 16 inches on each side, with a carriage bolt up through the center, and three knob-like legs, one at each corner. I made the legs by cutting 2" circles out of 1 1/2" thick stock and screwing one at each corner. Then I rounded these over so they look like half a yo-yo. This version is a little harder to slide around, but because it has three legs, it won't rock, even on uneven ground.

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