Northern Cardinal female

[Bill Dix]

Taken in my back yard in February of 2014. Full-frame.

D7000, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 2000, 1/800s @ f/6.3 manual

[Joseph Przybyla]

Perfect image for the theme this month. Nice detail, colors, and composition. Thank you for sharing, Bill.

[Dave Johnson]

Nice looking female Bill. Wishing for less snow on the perch as it detracts a bit imo. Still a great wintery picture though. Well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice image, fits the theme quite well, Bill. I have them coming but my backyard faces South, right against the light from the house
and I don't feel like going out in this cold.

[keith mitchell]

Great winter scene Bill, bird looks really good with nice colour and detail, real winter bg.

Keith.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree this has a great winter feel to it. The snow looks great to me. I only wish the cardinal had perched the other way - angling towards us rather than away.

[gail bisson]

I like this!
Great to have a ff shot.
I would like to see a tighter crop with the top branch evicted and some off the RHS to keep the proportions.
I think the IQ on the cardinal is excellent and love that clear eye,
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Thanks everyone. Gail, when I first worked this one up in 2014, I prepared two versions: one full frame as in the OP, and this one cropped something like you have suggested. I wasn't sure which I liked better, but opted to post the FF shot.