Cardinal

by Scott Frye

Gallery: AvianPosted June 2, 2012183 views13 comments

Cardinal at Weeki Wachee Preserve, Florida

1/1250 at f8 and ISO400
Canon 500mm
Canon 7D

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on June 2, 2012 at 6:12 PM

Nice shot. I like the head turn, nice catch light in the eye, and great color.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 2, 2012 at 6:46 PM

Classic pose. I like the composition. Nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on June 2, 2012 at 7:23 PM

Very nice red on this cardinal, the texture looks like velvet. The gun grey sky works exceptionally well with the red. I like the classic pose a lot. I would consider cropping a bit tighter on the top and in front of the bird. Well done.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 2, 2012 at 8:26 PM

Nice "over the shoulder" pose. I like that everything is in focus and quite sharp. I feel like the cardinal is a bit over saturated, but that could just be me. Well done!

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on June 2, 2012 at 8:53 PM

Scott, Great image. I like the whole composition and pose. IMO the exposure is spot on and the colors are just beautiful. I really enjoy looking at this image.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 2, 2012 at 9:30 PM

The color is brilliant and capture well done...

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 2, 2012 at 11:02 PM

Amazing light and red on the head and I like the pose too. I too would crop tighter

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Comment posted by David Williams on June 2, 2012 at 11:38 PM

Beautiful capture, Scott. That is a very deep red in the body, and the bright beak really stands out. Tack sharp and great head turn.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on June 3, 2012 at 8:35 AM

NIce pose you captured. It's really interesting to see all the color variations of what we see as a "red" bird. Ours here in PA are much grayer on the back. The deep scarlet you got is really pretty. Sharon

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 3, 2012 at 10:47 AM

Wow, what a bird and what a colors - very nice shot. These birds are so exotic to me ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on June 3, 2012 at 2:26 PM

Nice shot of my favorite bird. I like how the sweet light brings out the iridescent red on the cardinals head.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on June 3, 2012 at 9:09 PM

Beautiful capture. I like everything here.

Peter

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 5, 2012 at 12:50 AM

Great light on the face here - nice pose, bright eye, cool perch, and nice BG. The tiniest of nits - I'd personally trim back the branch away from the beak a bit -
Very well-done!
Sandy

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