Winter Cardinal II

Gallery: AvianPosted March 19, 2013180 views5 comments

Sunday morning I headed out to my blind to get some additional photos with slightly better lighting than the previous morning. The same female cardinal photographed in my previous post flew in and landed on the branch within range of my lens and I cranked off 5 shots. There was not a whole lot of detail in the snowy background so I processed the image to eliminate any blotches in the background. Is the small branch in the upper right hand corner a distraction from the overall composition? Some say it is, but I actually sold a print of this image with the branch left as is. K10d, Av, f7.1, 1/180thsec,+.3 ev, fill flash -2.5ev. Thank you.......Jim

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Comment posted by Edward Scott on March 19, 2013 at 10:16 PM

I don't think the branch in the upper right is a distraction. To me it seems balanced out by the dangling branches in lower left.
I do like this shot.

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Comment posted by Steve Zimic on March 20, 2013 at 7:30 AM

Jim,
Female cardinals are one of my favorite birds and you've captured her really nicely here. I think the pure white background works quite well giving it somewhat of an illustrative look. I don't mind the little branch in the upper right at all but I am bothered by the one hanging branch that runs out of the frame.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 20, 2013 at 11:06 AM

The branch in the upper right is not a problem for me. Nice feather detail in the larger image.

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Comment posted by Don Westbrook on March 20, 2013 at 11:10 AM

Really nice job of processing. I think that branch actually helps by balancing the image.

Registered on January 4, 2013, 11 Posts, 332 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on March 21, 2013 at 10:14 PM

Jim,
This is an excellent image, great BG.

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