Female Cardinal

[John Goldman]

One of my very favorite birds to photograph. Wish she had not been above the camera height.
50D
1/500
f5.6
ISO 640
300mm + 2X TC
flash fill -1
Noise reduction, blur tool on some BG, sharpening on bird.

[Julie Brown]

Nice job in getting her to pop from the BG, John. Good HA and eye contact, light on front of bird. The reds look a bit hot on my monitor. Good-looking bird!:cool:

[Bob Decker]

Nice feather detail there. The background is a bit busy but, as Julie said, you did a good job of getting some separation between subject and bg.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi John Did great with the bird, good exposure and sharp, just back down the saturation in the red channel a bit.
Agree with you on the angle but did well with the bg, the area above the large branch looks pleasing !!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

In CS4, I adjust reds with "Hue/Saturation" - select Red and reduce Sat. Can check histogram (red Channel) to track progress. Agree with Bob nice detail - well done.

[Lance Peters]

Well done John- looking good.
Agree with the above comments.

[John Goldman]

Thank you all for your encouragement, observations, suggestions and instruction. No comments are taken lightly.