Northern Cardinal

[Jim Crosswell]

This image was taken last week at my backyard set up. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 640
1/250s
f7.1
Ev 0.33
Tripod

[Satish Ranadive]

Extremely beautiful image.Lovely composition with nice colors,background and lights.Loved the pose and details on Cardinal .

[Joe Senzatimore]

Beautiful BG and fine detail make this a winner. Nice perch as well.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I do like the bird, the excellent pose and eye contact, but I don't like the perch, I guess this bird is very pretty for that perch.

[Jim Crosswell]

I do like the bird, the excellent pose and eye contact, but I don't like the perch, I guess this bird is very pretty for that perch.

Thanks for the comments Juan, Satish and Joe. I had picked this perch out for a bigger bird, the Blue Jay but I like the character it has so I decided to use it for the male Cardinal. Tomorrow I am posting the female with a smaller more curvy perch.

[Chris Kotze]

Super colours, great comp and well exposed. love it

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely color and detail. Good HA and it pops nicely from the BG...Lovely image!

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful image. I really like the pose, great background, and very well composed.
Well done.

[dankearl]

The Cardinal is very nice, color & sharpness are really good.
Another vote for a different perch.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful pose and an ideal background. I wonder if the bird would look even more beautiful with a tad less brightness.

[Andrew Merwin]

I like the perch. I also agree with the other comments & I really like the raised crest. TFS.

[Jamie Douglas]

Looks good to me Jim and I like the head angle. Perch works in my opinion

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Jim,
this works well in colors,contrast,detail and comp. congrats .

Andreas

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet pose and details Jim!

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful and colorful image. Sharp and well composed.