Cardinal in Snow

Gallery: AvianPosted March 17, 2013128 views9 comments

Another nice snowfall yesterday, and again, not able to resist these gorgeous Cardinals! This one gave me lots of time for experimenting so I got brave and increased my ISO to 800, and am pretty happy with the results in regard to noise.

50D, 500mm w/1.4, ISO 800, 1/40, F13

LARGER version posted, too, and thank you for your comments/critiques!

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 17, 2013 at 1:35 PM

Nice Sharon. The snowy setting always works so well this this species. Nice comp and colors Really like the BG.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 17, 2013 at 1:38 PM

Just great ! Excellent exposure, great pose and circumstances ! Hats of ! Hans

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 17, 2013 at 4:26 PM

This has your trademark look - I knew immediately whose shot this was. A lovely subtle image with nice understated colors.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on March 17, 2013 at 7:41 PM

A lovely lady indeed. Exquisite details in the feathers and a classic perch. A gorgeous portrait, can't find anything I'd change.

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Comment posted by Danny on March 17, 2013 at 8:16 PM

Love the colours of these and maybe one day I will get to see one. I really like the vertical in this shot and the touches of snow. Great head turn and nice work on the eye contact.

All the best Sharon.

Danny.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 18, 2013 at 12:29 PM

I like the perch and setting plus seeing the backside gives some nice added extra color. Well done Sharon.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on March 19, 2013 at 7:52 PM

Hi Sharon,

Nicely done with very soft, but bright lighting.I like the vertical composition with a touch of snow on the perch........................Jim

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on March 19, 2013 at 10:12 PM

Very nice over the shoulder shot.

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Comment posted by Steve Zimic on March 20, 2013 at 7:47 AM

Sharon,
The background, pose and perch all work perfectly - nicely done. On my monitor at least the image does seem a bit flat. I get the impression that the 'shadow' control in camera raw was pushed up a bit too much, or perhaps it was just the soft lighting.

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