Northern Cardinal

[John Mack]

Feeder set up. This image was created in Ithaca, New York on 1/18/20 at 11:00AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Medium crop.

Canon 5D MarkIII
Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
ISO 3200
f8.0
1/800sec

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi John, your winter images of cardinals and bluejays in the snow make me remember when I was up north. Almost giving me the urge to leave the sunshine. Lovely image, thank you for sharing.

[Alex Becker]

Love the falling snow and how well the bird pops. Colors work well throughout with the perch. I might tone down the reds just a little. TFS

[gail bisson]

Christmas card perfect! You are doing well with your feeder set-ups.
I would clone out the dark round snowflake in LLC- it looks like a dust spot.
Gail

[dankearl]

It is Christmas card... I would add a touch of contrast.

[Paul Burdett]

Lovely image John...makes me feel cool just looking at it. I agree with Alex's suggestion regarding toning down the reds a little.

[David Roach]

Pretty much perfect. I see plenty of details in the reds and they really pop against the snow. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like that there are s few snowflakes sprinkled on the face. Nice and bright image. I'm with Gail in regards to the small darker spot, otherwise all good.

[Jonathan Ashton]

The image certainly has impact. It is a beautiful scene.
For my personal taste it smacks me in the eye a little so I would lower luminosity somewhat, possibly reduce the saturation of the red a tiny bit