Northern Cardinal

[Alan Murphy]

Northern Cardinal

Workshop: Laguna Seca Ranch, South Texas

D3, 600, ISO 800, f7, 1/400.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Alan! I like the perch, pose, raised crest, HA and BG.

[Steve Bein]

A great shot from a great photographer and teacher.

[Dumay de Boulle]

I really love this image...The IQ and BG are outstanding. Perch is perfect and love the foliage. Perfect DOF and beautifully handled reds...What a photgraph!:cheers:

[EzhilSuresh]

Excellent image quality. The perch adds a very interesting element to the overall composition.

[Gary Esman]

Gorgeous shot!

Gary.

[Dave Leroy]

Another lovely set up and pose. Very well done.

I do wonder about removing the bit of vine extending through the frame on lower left side and then cropping a bit off left side to remove some negative space.

Dave

[Austin Thomas]

A beautiful bird set off by the clear BKGR.

Great composition and I too would have pruned the vine leaving the area by the feet.

tfs

Austin

[Roger Clark]

Alan,

What can I say? The head angle, catchlight, and pose make it seem like the bird is smiling at us. Superbly done, as usual. Looks like a nice 20 to 30 degree phase angle making nice fine shadow detail.

Roger

[Arthur Morris]

The nearly matching tones of the red (flowers) on the branch and the bird really make this one sing. Plus all the other positives mentioned above.

[Humberto Ramos]

Like always, another perfect shot, amazing...

[Marina Scarr]

I wouldn't be surprised to see this one on a future cover. It all came together extremely nicely here.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Can the crest rise any higher??:S3: I like that extra twig extending out of the frame - I just wish its' leaf was in better condition.

Awesome image, as per usual...

[Craig Brelsford]

Another image showing Alan exercising creative control at all levels. Very well done.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Phenomenal , as usual !!:S3: . Agree with Dave and others on the horizontal vine .