Theme: female cardinal in winter

[annmpacheco]

This is another yardbird that posed nicely in my yard. I feed the bird crew daily and as mentioned previously they may be acclimated to my presence. The BG is snow and a hint of evergreens. This was my first attempt at using the quick selection tool, inverse, and applying noise reduction at 7%...

Canon 1DX
500mm
iso 2500
1/2000
f 8.0

[Karl Egressy]

I like the colors and the pose, I'm not sure about the background.

[gail bisson]

Good job with the NR. You do not usually need much NR when the BG is white.
I like the IQ and the diagonal perch. Fun to see the tail cocked the way it is.
You were obviously shooting down on the bird giving you that mostly snow BG. Next time get lower or move to your right to eliminate the snow and get more of the trees.
Gail

[keith mitchell]

Lots to like about this image, the soft almost muted colours on the bird, pose and the angle of the perch is nice, just wish the eye was a little brighter, think that might take it up another notch, just my personal take of course.

Keith.