One of Messiaen's favourite songbirds. The overall tone of the shot is wonderful.
Thank you, Airy, for the reminder. I'll check out my humble collection of CDs of Messiaen works!
Beautiful, wonderful shot Akira. Classy and classic. Just lovely
Thank you, Paco, for kind words!
I think the overall color and tone came from the remaining aberrations of this lowly lens, but I'm pleased with the rounded and gentle rendition it provids. It is a screwdrive-type AF-D zoom, so it is notoriously challenging to handhold and focus, though.