Backyard Cardinal

Gallery: AvianPosted May 14, 2017130 views8 comments

Captured this guy close to my feeder in the back yard. Processed using Lightroom CC (2015) and Photoshop CC (2017) along with Light Craft's LightZone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f5.6
1/160s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 320

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on May 14, 2017 at 12:11 PM

Cracking bird Jerry and your shot does it justice indeed.
Like the BG too.
Cheers
John

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on May 14, 2017 at 1:55 PM

Must be great to have these birds in your backyard, Jerry. Always so exotic to my eyes.. Lovely head turn and pose. Love it ! Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 14, 2017 at 3:03 PM

Nice perch and I really like the pose, Jerry. Excellent dof for this bird.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on May 14, 2017 at 5:44 PM

Hi Jerry
Your photograph really show-off the Cardinal's coloring and the head trun makes the shot. Nice work.
Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on May 14, 2017 at 7:33 PM

Jerry, awesome pose! The greens in background really makes the Cardinal pop and it's very sharp. The sweet light and comp adds a lot too.

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 15, 2017 at 8:14 AM

Hi Jerry, I like the contrast of Green & Red makes for a rich image. I also like the overall body posture & HA. The base of the perch is a bit messy, however unless you could go higher then cropping isn't an option because it would be too tight at the foot. I might give the eye and surrounding area a bit more (perceptual) selective sharpening based on the larger version.

Although the camera body is light, the lens is still quite weighty, so I would have plumped for a straight ISO800 to gain more SS as there is very little difference in IQ from 320 to 800 especially HH.

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on May 15, 2017 at 6:31 PM

I think the complementary colors here red and green work well together which is one of the reasons this image is so appealing. Wonderful pose. In some ways I do see some of the issues with the perch at the lower part but I suppose you could probably do some cloning there. I imagine you'll have plenty of opportunity to take more images of these colorful birds.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 17, 2017 at 3:35 PM

Excellent pose with that head-turn, fine detail, nice perch and sweet OOF BG -
terrific image!
Sandy

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