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Male Cardinal & repost
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Male Cardinal & repost

by Barb Pflaum

Gallery: AvianPosted January 29, 2014170 views16 comments
This is from last weekend in my backyard near the feeder. It was a windy day with snow on the ground from a recent snowfall.

Canon 60D, 100-400 IS lens at 400mm, f 5.6. 1/1600 sec., ISO 400

Comments

16 comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 29, 2014 at 9:14 PM
A very nice portrait with good detail Barb, in the large version there is a fair amount of noise showing, so I would run some noise reduction on the bg. :toast:
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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 29, 2014 at 9:19 PM
Wonderful pose and if you tone down the noise as Nate's suggests you have a winner.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 29, 2014 at 10:12 PM
Great shot of this beautiful bird. Along with the noise reduction already mentioned, I would try to bring out a little more detail in the eye.
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 30, 2014 at 6:49 AM
Nice pose, detail, and I like the bit of ice about the beak Barb.
Great work under the windy/lower light conditions :toast:
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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on January 30, 2014 at 9:37 AM
Very nice shot of mt favorite songbird. :toast:
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Comment posted by William Bickle on January 30, 2014 at 1:18 PM
Hello Barb

Beautiful Specimen. The Cardinals reds are very difficult to show off the detailed feathers but you have done a good job here!

Not sure on your crop but I would prefer if you had room some more space all around and more space where he is looking into . Also in Larger version can see a Natural Catchlight but quite weak. Maybe a little brighter there would show off this Impressive guy even more.

Thanks for sharing

Bill
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 30, 2014 at 4:34 PM
Hi Barb :wavey: Wish i had this bird near my feeder :eek: :rolleyes: YOu captured the vibrant color of this bird perfectly. the detail and perch are also very good.. The beauty of being over 80, is i dont see much noise :smile: :biggrin:
Albert Darmo... Canada
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on January 30, 2014 at 6:19 PM
Thank you for your comments and suggestions. Here is the image with noise reduction applied to the bg with Topaz Denoise. I also dodged the catchlight in the eye to make it show up more.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 30, 2014 at 7:12 PM
Good job of touching up on the repost, Barb. Great job of getting this close!
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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 30, 2014 at 7:37 PM
nice one, Barb. nice colorful bird with good details against a nice monochrome bg. the bg noise was my only nit and you've addressed that.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 30, 2014 at 7:49 PM
Nice one, Barb. Excellent job on the repost.

:toast:
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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 30, 2014 at 9:50 PM
Nice pleasing image. Nits already mentioned and the repost looks very nice.
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Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 31, 2014 at 8:01 AM
A beautiful portrait of this handsome male, a perfect head turn and excellent detail. I like the re-post too.

Sweet Photo Barb :cool:
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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 31, 2014 at 10:09 AM
Your repost is very nice. A very solid winter cardinal image! Sharon
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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on February 1, 2014 at 9:26 AM
Very nice, love the pose. Classic Cardinal shot.

Ray
Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Ramy on March 3, 2014 at 9:40 PM
Outstanding Barb,
You nailed the detail, BG and the pose in this one and the repost is picture perfect.
Well done . . . :toast:
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