Male and Female Northern Cardinal

[Joel Eade]

From my back yard set up. The male was feeding the female sunflower seeds after he removed the shell!

This a an un-cropped image.

1D MKIV
500mm f/4L IS USM I + 1.4 TCII
Tripod
Manual mode
ISO 1600
f/5.6
1/1000
580 EX II + Better beamer @ 1/128 power

Thanks for looking and all comments are welcomed.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Joel
The light in this image is quite nice, lovely interaction also. BG looks great as it does not distract from the main subjects. I do wish the perch was not broken though.

[christopher galeski]

nice image,love the BG,like the interaction of the birds,sharp with good detail.

[Barry Ekstrand]

One of my favorite species, congratulations on a great shot getting the pair interacting with each other. I like the perch but would try to lighten the very dark parts of the BG just a little bit.

Barry

[Marina Scarr]

Absolutely killer perch and BG. When I saw this thumbnail, I knew it was yours. :) Very well done. The only thing that could have improved this image for me (and I know you're not a miracle worker) is had a bit more of the female's lower body been more visible.