thank you Ann. i agree about the spots in the background. let me see what i can do about it.
subash On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 12:28:04 -0400 ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > I looked him up too... > I like him on the wire -- it seems from googling lots of images of > this bird there are many where he is sitting ona wire or a very thin > branch with no leaves, etc.. often in the open rather than in leafy > trees.. so the cable as a perch seems quite appropriate. > I do wish there were not those blown out spots in the background, > though... partly because my eyes are extra sensitive to glare, > perhaps, but also because they distract a bit from the robin... a > pita to clone them out though I know and one wouldn't want to change > the proportions - the geometry is just right to my eye > > ann > > On 6/7/2018 11:06 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 10:56:28 -0400 > > John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I can see how it got the "magpie" part of its name, but where does > >> the "robin" come from? > > i guess from the similarity in shape to a robin. from wikipedia: > > "This species is 19 centimetres (7.5 in) long, including the long > > tail, which is usually held cocked upright. It is similar in shape > > to the smaller European robin, but is longer-tailed." > > > > > >> On 6/6/2018 23:54, Subash Jeyan wrote: > >>> https://somethingfeathered.wordpress.com/2018/06/07/oriental-magpie-robin/ > >>> > >>> k5iis, FA* 300/4.5 > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
