Cardinal Stud

Posted by Jim Neely on Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:22 am

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Northern Cardinal Male Central Texas

This was taken last weekend at Pedernales State Park, from a blind for birders facing into the sun.

Lots of birds and several species I don't see in my yard, 20 miles away.

They are often quite cooperative, too.

10D, 500/4L IS + 1.4TC II, 550EX + Flash Extender @ -1 2/3, ISO 400 -1/3, Gitzo + BJ1 + Sidekick
Convert with BB, PS CS levels, curves and light USM.

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by Harvey Edelman on Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:27 am

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That's close

! Excellent!

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by jrn813 on Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:04 am

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Red Birds Are My Favorite Bird.... A Little Tight For My "Taste"...
But Excellent All The Same!!!

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by Marc Oliver on Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:03 pm

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Great, detailed close-up! Maybe a hair more room on the right for my tastes - just enough to separate his wing from the image frame. Well done.

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:31 pm

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Jim, you did well with the backlighting here. Nice headshot. I might clone off the junk on the bill.

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by AlexC on Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:43 pm

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Up close and personal!!
Wonderful dirty beak to boot!!!
Congrats!!!

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by BrianS on Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:29 pm

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Nice image ... lots of detail.

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by Bill Whala on Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:40 pm

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Still not too late for last week's Motif. I love this shot. I kinda like the junk on the bill. Makes me wonder what he's been up to.

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by Laura Stiefel on Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:06 pm

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What a handsome fella.

I really like the details here.

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:32 pm

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Great detail, I like it.

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by Wayne Nicholas on Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:33 pm

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Great job on the flash, Jim. Could you have adjusted the ambient
exposure to darken the BG a bit? Curious.

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by Matt Cox on Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:25 pm

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Great detail and a nice job of flash and exposure in a tough situation. A bit more room on the right would be nice if you had it available.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:39 am

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Well done given the backlighting. An alternate approach would be to underexpose the ambient to tone down the background while increasing flash output to bring the bird back up in exposure.

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by Carol Clarke on Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:44 am

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I love 'in your face' shots Jim and this is great!

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