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Lady Cardinal

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Posted by Kendall Hetrick on January 24, 2009 at 7:40 PM
 Lady Cardinal
I still have plenty of eagle images, but thought it was time to post something else. I have been looking for a decent shot since looking at Philip's post and the shot on the home page. Finaly got one yesterday.
Olympus E 510 600mm eq 1/250 f8 ISO 800 cropped out a bunch of snow around edges. is one of those images that dropped more file size than I wanted and would fix if I knew what caused it
Posted by Ken Hupila on January 24, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Now that's one we don't get to see up here very often! Thanks for giving a look!
Posted by Benjamin Olson on January 24, 2009 at 11:59 PM
It's a nice comp, however it still could use more cropping and some sharpening.
Posted by wally emmert on January 25, 2009 at 9:45 AM
nice shot kendall, i had a photo of a female cardinal earlier but cannot find one around now..

my wife refilled her bird feeders again maybe one will show up, i know the squirrels like it
Posted by Philip Schwarz on January 25, 2009 at 11:18 AM
I would do a lot more cropping on this one then I think you would have a good picture.
Posted by Chuck Beatty on January 25, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Looks like you have some room to increase the exposure here, Kendall. I like the way her beak pops against the snow.
Posted by Kerry Leibowitz on January 28, 2009 at 5:13 PM
I would play with this a big more...crop a bit (all sides), perhaps pull up the exposure on the bird itself a hair. Lots of potential here.