Northern Cardinal Male

[John Mack]

Feeder set up. This image was created in Ithaca, New York on 12/29/18 at 11:06AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Medium crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 3200
f8.0
1/400sec

[Paul Burdett]

I like this one John. Great to see a bird that's not seen here. Love the colours, HA (angry looking pose) and perch setup. I'd reduce the highlights a little on the left side of the bird and on the moss? on the perch. I'd also apply some NR to the background.

[gail bisson]

Very nice. I love the red against that grey background. Perfect look back.
Gail

[annmpacheco]

Good job here John, colors, perch, pose, all terrific!

[Arthur Morris]

On my monitor the REDs look enamel/toasted. Try adding 50-90 points of CYAN to the RED channel in Selective Color. Otherwise nice as above.

with love, artie

[dankearl]

A Really nice pose and DOF. I might take off a bit off the stick and a bit off the right side..