When I started out to photograph anything and moved slowly to birds — the Indian Robin played an important role in directing my focus to bird photography. For one, it is so common, extremely ignored — nobody wanted to make a picture of it. More importantly, it’s a gorgeous bird. Very cooperative.
The first one that I took was this lady when I got my Sigma 150-500mm super-telephoto lens back in Jan 2013.
A month later, all I could manage was this handsome male on the ground. I hadn’t mastered lying on the belly to make images of birds. Not even to adjust my camera settings so well to be able to get it right. Mostly dependent on the automation features that Canon EOS 500D had.
When it was time for the body upgrade, here arrived my most coveted Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Time to checkout another Robin to test its waters. This was made in June 2013. Quickly I realized it required higher f-stops when you’re nearer and more so when you’re on full frame.
The next one was even better. You think so?
Alright, I have just two more to go before I finish. I just got obsessed with making it’s image in the one year. Each time I stroll with my camera in hand, I see this bird, I take a shot — try getting nearer. Each picture looked gorgeous than the earlier one.
And the last one on the cover was made with 400mm f/5.6 prime with 1.4x
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