Cardinal

[Christopher Miller]

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m244/CAMiller290/BPN/PA030137ResizeWeb.jpg

Haven't found any cooperative birds to photograph recently, so I dug up this one from last fall. Any C&C are welcome!

Olympus SP-550 UZ
f4.5 @ 1/100, ISO 100, -0.3 EV
Program mode, spot metering, sunny WB
Processed in PS CS2; cropped, curves adjustment, saturation increase, shadow/highlight, noise reduction, and sharpening

[Gus Cobos]

Very nice composition and image Christopher...I like the sharp details, head angle and eye contact...the color rendition is dead on...my only suggestion would be to desaturate the multi colored background and blur it just a tad more, so it doesn't grab all of the attention from your beautiful bird...:cool:

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Hi Christopher, can't add too much more than what Gus has said. The only thing I might do is great rid of the branch in the LRC. Lovely image. Like the red dots in the BG echoing the colours of the cardinal.

[Kerry Perkins]

Very nice Christopher. I love the colors in the background and the detail on the bird. My eye kept wandering to the LRC, so I wondered what it would look like with less branches. Did Q&D clone job, I'm sure you can do better. Hope you like it...

[Alfred Forns]

Agree with suggestions If its fine with your ethics the pruning did enhance the image !!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Jeff - agree with all of the above - and would add made some quick and dirty changes for you...

Noise Ninja selectively on the BG
S/H selectivley on the eye
Sharpened the eye a tad

:)

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions! They really improve the photo!

[Katie Rupp]

What I love about this forum is the advice we get that helps us make the best of our work...and your Cardinal is an excellent example. A good image made even better with a few helpful suggestions.

[Nonda Surratt]

Agree with Katie and really think the NR on the BG sets it off