Red-Crested Cardinal Pair

[Mark Fuge]

Canon EOS 5D - EF35-135/4-5.6 USM @ 135.0 mm - ISO 200 - - 1/200Sec. @ f/8.0 - Metering Mode Spot - Exposure Compensation +2/3

This was shot on the north shore of Oahu, in a beach parking lot. Hence the background. But thought it was an interesting bird, so BG didn't play in the decision to shoot it.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Mark

Agree with you its worth making the image He head turn does it for me and might not be a bad image for a captioning contest !!!! btw when you come up with these opportunities hitting the ground flat is a good option .... as long as you won't get run over !!!!

[Bryan Hix]

The whites seem a bit hot on this one. The other bird is a dove, probably a barred dove or zebra dove.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Interesting shot, usually ground pictures do not work for me. Now that I understand you reasoning, thank you for sharing this interesting/colorful and beautiful bird. Like Al said, lower is usually better, but not always possible.