Northern Cardinal Portrait (female)

Posted by Matt Filosa on Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:36 pm

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I like portraits and curious how to crop them for passerines. Open to suggestions on that or anything else.

Please consider opening in full view.

All critiques welcomed.

Best,

Matt

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 500 f/4
f/4,5
SS 1/1250
ISO 200

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by Ed Cordes on Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:09 pm

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Nice detail. The seed is a plus. did you really mean Canon 55 F4? You must have been close.

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by mikullashbee on Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:53 pm

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Great details in this closeup. Was the second highlight in the eye created from flash/reflection?

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by john on Sun Feb 14, 2016 12:12 am

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I've always found crops difficult as well. I looks a bit bright to me but that may just be my screen. I noticed you used 4.5 for f stop. For a portrait I would be tempted to stop down a bit more if you have enough light for more dof.

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by Dorian Anderson on Mon Feb 15, 2016 1:03 am

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I love portraits but have also had issues with getting the crops right on passerines. They seem to work best on birds with longer bills, but this is a a nice shot any way you cut it.

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by Nate Chappell on Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:55 pm

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Very nice detail here Matt, I think you could go a bit darker. With birds with crests like this I often like to shoot close up portraits as verticals as it seems to accentuate the crest.

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