Female Northern Cardinal

[Joel Eade]

Set up in my back yard
1DX + 500mm f/4L I + 1.4TC II
Tripod
AV mode, spot metering
ISO 1000
f/7.1
1/640

[Dave Leroy]

A lovely photo. Very nice complimentary colors and clean bg. Perch is a bit large but full of character. Nice look back pose and lots of detail. My preference would be for bird a bit lower and closer to right side. Good for you. A very set up. I like that bit of red in lower left.

[Dennis Zaebst]

Very nice Joel...good BG and great look back pose. I would crop a sliver from the bottom, and maybe the top too.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[Mark Jones]

Great colors and detail on this bird. Nice soft background too. The size of the perch in the photo draws my eye away from the subject. I agree with John. Have you considered moving your subject a bit lower and to the right?

[vishaljadhav]

Wonderful one here, very much looks perfect
i envy you guys who see this bird around , the male is simply mindblowing
I guess i do have a bias on this bird anytime i see a image
:S3:
This is truly a nice image and the details in the eye add a lot to me

[vikram potdar]

Beautiful BG and the bird. The color of the bill stands out.