Northern Cardinal

[James Salywoda]

Northern Cardinal
Arizona

I know a lot of you are enduring the harsh winter back east so I thought I'd post a Northern Cardinal taken last spring time as it is just around the corner....:S3:

Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4
1/1250 F8 ISO 640

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Dan Brown]

Beautiful work James! Great bg, ha, sharpness, reds and perch. Come on spring!!!

[Marina Scarr]

Love pose and BG. The dichotomy of the soft, feathered bird with the prickly perch works well. I like the crop very much. It all came together nicely.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super image love the colours and detail. Not entirely sure about the crop - having said that I am sure you considered your options, a difficult one with the bird being more or less at right angles to the gorse.

[Brendan Dozier]

Real nice James. Like the vibrant colors on bird, soft BG colors, and prickly texture of perch.
Nice pose & eye contact, wondering about rotating a bit so that perch is at a diagonal. Well done!

[Stu Bowie]

The soft light has brought out the reds very well, and I really like the detail and sharpness.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent Jim! really nice pose and light!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Perfect composition and the exposure on the reds are great. Awesome detail and BG...And I really like the perch

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Jim, beautiful details and I love the minimalist comp.
Ah, for those spring days :bg3::bg3:

[Ofer Levy]

The bird loos wonderful! Not crazy about the perch being vertical.