Cardinal

Gallery: AvianPosted October 28, 2010127 views7 comments

This female cardinal was photographed at bird sanctuary in Salineno Texas in March 2010. Photo taken during early morning with soft natural light. I liked to pose and bg available.

Canon 7D 100-400 mm lens AV f5.6 1/160 ISO 200 with tripod.

All comments & critiques have been very constructive & helpful. Thank you for viewing.

Carlos Escamilla
Laredo, Texas

For past photos when my email has been requested, it is
cmescamilla@yahoo.com. Thanks

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Steve Heironymus on October 28, 2010 at 10:19 PM

Sweet shot Carlos!
I love the pose. Great use of the DOF.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 36 Posts, 1110 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 28, 2010 at 10:30 PM

Great pose!
Nice colrs and perch.
A bit more DOF would have brought the tail into better focus, and leaving more room in front would place trhe bird in a better offf-center position.
I'm afraid it's pretty soft too - likely a large crop.
Nice catch, though!
Sandy r

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Day on October 28, 2010 at 11:30 PM

Very nice. Like the color and simple background.

Registered on August 5, 2008, 25 Posts, 173 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 29, 2010 at 12:42 AM

Very good clean view of the back and profile of the head. The head and tail look slightly soft, such a beautiful image in other respects deserves a bit more selective sharpening.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on October 29, 2010 at 4:14 AM

Stunning shot Carlos!

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by Dottie Short on October 30, 2010 at 9:27 AM

This is really nice! Composition, focus, exposure, are exquisite. And you have captured that all-important catch light in the eye. Great job

Registered on April 12, 2010, 61 Posts, 375 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 30, 2010 at 4:31 PM

Carlos,

Love the pose with the look back over the shoulder. I also like the setting and the light in the cardinal's eyes. There is some softness of the face and tail which I think could have been improved by using a higher ISO to gain shutter speed and then using more DOF to get the head as in focus as the shoulder of the bird.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments