I believe I can fly

Posted by dobbino (Cape Town, South Africa) on 29 September 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

A really young Cape Robin.
Title from the song from R Kelly

All comments, and especially constructive criticism is truly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time.

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Comments (15)

leslie from norwich, United Kingdom

Lovely shot

29 Sep 2008 6:04am

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

what a little beauty! a handsome fella for sure! is he hopping around your garden? looks as if he is not sure whether to be scared of you or not! :) great shot!

29 Sep 2008 6:56am

Mandy Provan from Johannesburg, South Africa

What a great shot. I have taken so many shots of birds and have never managed to get a result worth posting!!! Great shot!

29 Sep 2008 8:32am

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

Captured in great light!

29 Sep 2008 9:43am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

he's gorgeous and I love all the space you gave him :)

29 Sep 2008 10:11am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Nice portrait. Love that beady eye. Looks very like the robins we have in the UK. Does the male have a red breast?

29 Sep 2008 10:55am

Roman from Thunder Bay, Canada

Great, quick shot Rob, it looks like the little guy is posing for you

cheers
Roman

29 Sep 2008 11:27am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

Lovely image. And your detail is excellent. A fine title too.

29 Sep 2008 1:11pm

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

Nice shot, detail is great.

29 Sep 2008 4:03pm

Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada

He has a terrific pose going casually looking back over his shoulder.

29 Sep 2008 11:08pm

willow from Chelsea, United States

What an adorable little bird. Thanks for sharing him. Our robins are bigger and have red bellies and dark brown solid-colored backs and I haven't seen too many of them lately.

29 Sep 2008 11:16pm