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
Simga 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 3200
f8.0
1/400sec

[annmpacheco]

Hi John, image looks "flat" to me , and i am wondering if you tamed the reds i anyway bc they look "off?" Could be sot low light, etc, ...Also wish the bottom half of the bird was more in focus.

[Dorian Anderson]

I think this looks pretty good, John. The light appears totally flat, so I don't mind the red as you're rendered it. It looks like you have the room/detail to push it for more pop as Ann suggested, but I don't think it has to happen.

I really like the composition, but it would be nice to have the perch a slight bit lower. That would help with the DOF issue on the tail. Additional NR on background would help as well.