The branch in the background really takes away from your subject. You can also run the image by some kind of noise reduction software to help reduce some of it. With that said, I like the mood and cold feeling on this one.
Very pretty winter cardinal.I agree about the B/G branch and noise reduction.Is this a full frame or cropped shot? There seems to be a slight softness to it on my monitor which may be caused by a large crop.
Tim
Wecome Rene ! Very pretty composition and I like the falling snow. What I do think would strengthen this image would be to crop just a little off the bottom . It appears too centered to me and the other nits have already been mentioned. Love the mood you captured in this image and thanks for sharing Rene.
Nice pose and feeling with the snow. I find this image too soft with lack of details. Knowing the very nice ISO performance of 1DMk3 I guess this is a large crop which causing this noisy image.
Szimi