Bathing Beauty

Gallery: AvianPosted September 16, 2012420 views17 comments

female northern cardinal, Texas
D300s
300mm
1/800 sec, f/4
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on September 16, 2012 at 3:42 PM

Love the low angle of view. The bird is nice and sharp with a nice head turn.
Well done Sandy.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 16, 2012 at 3:46 PM

The bill color and shape makes this a Northern Cardinal, not a Pyrrhuloxia.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 16, 2012 at 8:00 PM

Excellent "Wet" look, Sandy. I like the fact that it's so low in the water and the low angle you got to emphasize that.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on September 16, 2012 at 8:34 PM

I like the tack sharp focus on the bird and only the bird. I'd say f/4 was the perfect choice.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on September 17, 2012 at 10:19 AM

I like the low angle and the wet feather look. If it was my shot I would crop a little off of the top and bottom making it more rectangular than square but then cropping is a very subjective process and to each his/her own.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM

A great perspective Sandy. Love the colors in this shot.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on September 17, 2012 at 2:31 PM

Lovely lady, wonderful detail in the disarrayed feathers and a great pov. Beautiful capture

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 17, 2012 at 2:35 PM

It's always fun to see birds taking a bath - love it ! Well done Sandy, Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Randy Bacon on September 17, 2012 at 8:20 PM

Cool shot Sandy - love the ultra low POV and the bad hair day pose. That gorgeous beak really pops in this shot - well done.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on September 18, 2012 at 11:38 AM

Sandy this really is excellent.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on September 18, 2012 at 6:27 PM

Sweet photo of this bathing beauty Sandy. I really like the reflecting green color in the water.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 18, 2012 at 8:05 PM

Intimate moment, nicely captured.

Very cute Sandy, also well done technically.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on September 19, 2012 at 6:47 AM

What a cute pose with excellent detail. TFS.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 19, 2012 at 10:47 AM

Nice image Sandy and of course the location loooks very familiar.

I like that you had a little vegetation in the BG...it brings out the color of the water better. Is this one recent? Or was this from an earlier visit?

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on September 28, 2012 at 4:05 PM

Sweet shot

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Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on August 28, 2017 at 3:37 PM

Great photo, great color and composition.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 29, 2017 at 7:09 AM

I can only agree with the other comments, SPLENDID devil

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