Female Cardinal Portrait

[ChasMcRae]

Normally I do not like dark backgrounds, but I thought this offset the color and detail. Makes it look like a studio portrait.
Chas

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Camera serial number: 0000241625
Firmware: Firmware Version 1.1.0
Owner: © Chas. Mc Rae
Date/Time: 2005:09:30 04:41:28
Copyright: © Chas. Mc Rae
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: External E-TTL
Flash exposure compensation: -2/3
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 400
Lens: 600mm
Focal length: 840mm
AF mode: One-shot AF
Image size: 1152 x 1728
Rotation: 90 degrees CCW
Image quality: Fine
White balance: Auto
Color matrix 3: sRGB high-chroma
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal

[Tony Whitehead]

I agree, the dark BG does show the colours off well. I like the pose with the slight head tilt. -2/3 EC on the flash has worked well. What was the BG?

[ChasMcRae]

Background was distant dark woods.
A lot of the times in this situation there is a tendency to over flash-I know because I have been there.
Chas.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful capture and the dark BG makes this a very striking image. Excellent detail , color and pose Charles. Thanks for sharing.

[Arthur Morris]

Well done with EXP, pose, and BKGR. Was this at a feeder set-up?

[ChasMcRae]

Yep-my SW corner of my yard is a set up with perm blind(my wife calls it my"Sanford and Sons" look) but it is screened from house and rest of yard so I get by with the look.
Chas.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Chas. That's what I figured. You gotta do better with the perch selection....

[ChasMcRae]

Actually Art this was not my set up perch but one I had broken and set to side never dreaming something would balance on end like this.
Oh well !
Chas.

[Arthur Morris]

You gotta love that. In ABP II I think that I wrote something like this: not only do you have to give them perfect perches to land on but you need to eliminate all of the bad places. And if I did not write it I have said it 1000 times....