Northern Cardinal (f)

[Joseph Przybyla]

Dot and I went to Circle B Bar Reserve early this morning. Not much happening but we found a few birds to photograph. I captured some good images of this female Northern Cardinal. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF ED, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/2500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 6400 Auto 1 WB changed in post processing, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation, pretty much full frame on the vertical

P.S. Learn more about Circle B Bar Reserve in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide

[William Dickson]

Looks good to me Joe....Nice colours, detail and pose on the bird...Thin perch and the 2 colours BG is nice. I would blend in the lighter patch at top LHS, right in the corner.

Will

[David Roach]

Love the details, colors, tones and BG, Joe. Sharpening so right on for me. TFS

ps
Stacked tail feathers... Seed casings on beak... All feather natural detail...

[Jack Backs]

Looks pretty good to me. I'd probably clean up the eye a little.

[Volkan Akgul]

hi,

very efficient. congratulations.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the diagonal line of the perch, two tone BG and composition. Nice image Joe.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe ... a super shot .
Perfectly clean and the duo color BG is very nice .
Nice fine details and a good overall tonal range .
Personally I think the WB is somehow a little off .... .... IMHO

TFS Andreas

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Joe ... a super shot .
Perfectly clean and the duo color BG is very nice .
Nice fine details and a good overall tonal range .
Personally I think the WB is somehow a little off .... .... IMHO

TFS Andreas

Hi Andreas, thank you for viewing and commenting. What do you see that makes you think the WB is a little off?

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe .... for sure I am saying this from my POV and I might be wrong , personal taste !

I looked visually and checked with a PS tool the color values .... came to the conclusion that the colors are slightly " off " .

For demo ... a " corrected " version . Just two curves layers .... WDYT ???!!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Joe .... for sure I am saying this from my POV and I might be wrong , personal taste !

I looked visually and checked with a PS tool the color values .... came to the conclusion that the colors are slightly " off " .

For demo ... a " corrected " version . Just two curves layers .... WDYT ???!!

Hi Andreas, your right. I checked and the Tint in White Balance was too much towards magenta. I did a do over... WDYT?

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe .... as color is very subjective , leave it to you what is good . And matter of taste ....

Personally I think it is a cool version , your RP , whereas mine is a bit warmer . You can decide ....

Cheers Andreas