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Northern Cardinal (female)

Northern Cardinal (female)

camera

NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 180 Shutter 1/350 Focal Length 400/1

location

location

Livingston, Texas, US

upload_date

upload_date

Mar, 2021

Views

629

Likes

+263

Awards

Peer Award

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Top Choice

+39

Absolute Masterpiece

+36

Magnificent Capture

+12

Superb Composition

+10

All Star

+6

Superior Skill

Outstanding Creativity

Virtuoso

Genius

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Top 30 rank week 1

Top 30 rank

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Beautiful shot!

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Thank you

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I wonder how many shots it takes to get that perfect image—head in profile, body forward, all still, colors popping. You do great work.

Exquisite!

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A great collection of photos , very inspiring .

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Beautiful picture from a beautiful bird

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Perfect color, detail and composition! 👍

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Perfect image!Colors and bird are amazing.A beauty for the Eyes too See.Regards.Nat :O)

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Fantastic image!

Awesome capture and excellent light!

Absolutely beautiful!

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if i didn't know what a great photographer you are i would swear its a mounted critter. outstanding work

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I love cardinals and the females have their own lovely plumage! Beautiful capture!

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Cute !

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Is this a migrating bird or do you go to photograph them in other locations? Beautiful shots!!!

Amazing !!!

Impressive, I have Arizona Cardinals!

magnifique oiseau and magnifique composition

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Thank you

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Aw cute capture

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Thank you Lisa

Cute , voted A Single Subject

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Another excellent shot Lee! You have an amazing portfolio!

wow! That almost looks like a female yellow cardinal due to yellow hues on her chest. So pretty great picture!

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