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    Default Female Cardinal

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    What an unusual but very nice picture. I really like the wooden log perch and the tack sharpness of the bird. The BG is yummy. I am on the fence about the flowers. It seems almost too perfect? ...maybe I am being too picky. Excellent exposure.Perfect comp.
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    The image and the BG are gorgeous!!

    I agree with Gail about the flowers looking almost too perfect. I would stick with one color flower instead of two and maybe have them looking more natural and sticking up along the sides of the perch as well.

    GREAT idea!!!

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    Good work Jack. The placed flowers are a little bunched up. You might consider adding some grasses at the bottom of the frame to help with that.

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    The bird is perfectly exposed. Bkgd is nice too, although I would work on the darker part in the URC. The purple flower and darker leafs seem a bit unnatural, probably because of the flash and the shadow it creates on the perch. Alan's suggestion on the grasses might be the solution.

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    SH with a good EXP and a nice head angle for the pose. Perhaps a bit too much flash. Misplaced feathers on the top of the head distract. The flowers look more like a floral arrangement than like flowers growing naturally around the stump....
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    Thanks everybody, I really appreciate your comments.

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