Northern Cardinal (f)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I went to Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida, Friday afternoon capturing this image. I saw and watched this bird foraging on the ground hoping it would fly to a perch. When it did the perch was in a area of shade, resulting in the high ISO. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 5600 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Joseph,
I like the pose you captured but I think I can tell the effect of the high ISO on the bird. Rather busy background and foreground to the left.

[Alex Becker]

Nice pose and a cool shot of a bird I've seen a ton but have not a lot of luck getting close to . Even in the shade the color is nice. I agree with Allen that the high ISO is showing. I think I would clone out or smooth out the white part in the upper right corner of the BG. TFS