Northern Cardinal

Gallery: AvianPosted May 18, 2011100 views16 comments

Juvenile Male. Sugar Land, TX May 2011

D3 ISO 500 300/2.8 with 2x tc f8 1/200s -0.3ev. 40% FF.

My back yard. I have two couples, a female juvie and this male juvie coming to my feeder right now. Looks like he's going to be beautiful.

Gitzo, Wimberly head. Natural Light.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 18, 2011 at 11:42 PM

Angela, the bird is SUPER sharp! This cardinal just pops off the page with that green BG. Love it and great work!

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on May 19, 2011 at 12:11 AM

A nice alert bird with a good pose and excellent eye contact. Color palette is wonderful with bold, saturated colors. I'm really impressed with the sharpness and detail in the feathers on this guy. Considering you put a 2x TC on and this is only 40% of the FF, the detail really held together. Well done!

Peter

Registered on April 3, 2010, 271 Posts, 1342 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 19, 2011 at 12:12 AM

Really nice - very fine detail, nice pose and bright engaged eye.
I always think they look a little moldy when growing in adult feathers - but I agree he'll be a beauty.
I'm very envious that you have them in your yard. Wish they'd keep moving west to California!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on May 19, 2011 at 12:23 AM

Great natural setting for your signature pin sharp images. This, Angela, is sharper and at least as spectacularly posed as all your others. It looks, from its feet, like this bird was faceing you directly just before turning for this nice side view.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 19, 2011 at 8:54 AM

Superb detail and a very complimentary background. The bird just pops off the page Angela.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on May 19, 2011 at 10:57 AM

Angela,
This is sooooo sharp. And with a 2x converter as well. Very impressive. A small nit that you could do nothing about... The light green foliage that looks like it's going right through the bird and coming out the top of him (wondering if that could be cloned out) and maybe add just a little bit of canvas on the left side if you have it. Looks a little bit centered to me. Otherwise, what a stellar image Angela. He looks like he's going to grow up to be be a handsome devil. Nice capture!!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 19, 2011 at 11:28 AM

Very nice image quality. Alert pose is also nice.

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Comment posted by Robert Holguin on May 19, 2011 at 12:36 PM

Wonderful shot. Tack sharp, great pose, I really like the perch, and the background is superb. Well done.

Registered on January 25, 2011, 44 Posts, 294 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on May 19, 2011 at 1:02 PM

Yes, I tried to get rid of the light green foliage underneath him, but the more I did, the worse it looked.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 19, 2011 at 5:46 PM

I agree about the light green streak but it takes little away from a cracking shot.
Fantastic detail.
JohnR

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 19, 2011 at 6:58 PM

Angela, the detail in the large version is unbelievable. Really nice. My only nit is the unfortunate bright green leaf between the legs. Not a deal breaker though as this is a really great image.

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Comment posted by Steve Heironymus on May 19, 2011 at 10:56 PM

love it!!!

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on May 20, 2011 at 7:10 AM

Angela, this is excellent. The larger version is a treat to view. Very nice IQ - the detail couldn't be better.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 23, 2011 at 8:24 AM

They're so cool to watch at this stage, a fine job on this.
Well done Angela!

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Comment posted by David Sparks on May 24, 2011 at 8:35 AM

Wow! The bird pops off the page. Great 3D feel to this image. Super shot.

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Comment posted by Dottie Short on October 26, 2011 at 9:02 PM

Angela, I agree with Kurt. This is one of the sharpest bird images I've ever seen Spectacular as usual.

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