Female Cardinal

[Dave Mills]

Nikon D300,500mm,F9,1/200,0 comp,iso 800,tripod mtd

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow.. loved this, nice pose, perch, Details and BG.. congrats..

[Luis Villablanca]

Great image. I like the feather detail, pose and clean background.

[Dave Barnes]

I like the feather detail and colours. BG tones in very well.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light, angle, raised crest, sharpness and BG. I would lighten the eye a bit and maybe increase contrast a few points.

[Grace Scalzo]

Great capture of her Dave, with the raised crest and slightly open beak. The background is a lovely compliment to her coloring. Agree with Axel about the eye work.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome colouration on this beautiful lady!! Quite the crest display. Great background and a perfect perch. Lightening the eye is a good suggestion, and I would perhaps raise the colour temp a bit (but masking off the yellows and reds first).

[Dave Mills]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions....

[Jim Fenton]

While I like the soft light, colors and sharpness, the composition seems out of balance to me. I might try giving it some more room on the left and cropping it a hair tighter on the right. I might also crop it a bit tighter on the bottom and make a bit more of a pano out of it.

Last thing I'd try if it were mint would be to add some contrast to the perch.