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Male Cardinal

Male Cardinal

The male Northern Cardinal is perhaps responsible for getting more people to open up a field guide than any other bird. They’re a perfect combination of famil...
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The male Northern Cardinal is perhaps responsible for getting more people to open up a field guide than any other bird. They’re a perfect combination of familiarity, conspicuousness, and style: a shade of red you can’t take your eyes off. Even the brown females sport a sharp crest and warm red accents. Cardinals don’t migrate and they don’t molt into a dull plumage, so they’re still breathtaking in winter’s snowy backyards. In summer, their sweet whistles are one of the first sounds of the morning.
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camera

NIKON D7100

settings

settings

Aperture 63/10 ISO 250 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 6000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Dec, 2016

Views

369

Likes

+94

Awards

Top Choice

+13

Peer Award

+12

Absolute Masterpiece

+9

Superb Composition

+7

Magnificent Capture

+2

All Star

Superior Skill

Outstanding Creativity

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A beautiful bird, so bright and cheerful :)

PRO+

All the grey really makes his color pop! Nice!

Wouldn't miss this guy in the snowy conditions. Did you use selective color or is background natural coloring? Excellent job focus is so sharp :)

What incredible colors. The cardinal really shines against this background.

Platinum

Absolutely stunning....perfect!

Simply incredible.

Love love love this! シ

Gorgeous shot and editing!

Fantastic, almost luminous colour, against the mono surround. A beautiful capture, Doug. Great work.

Platinum

WOW I just love the colour contrast in this beautiful shot Doug !!!!!!!

Great use of selective color! Wonderful composition.

Beautiful shot! I love how the cardinal pops against that gray and black!

Beautiful !

Superb Composition, Great capture, & wonderful lighting & editing!

PRO+

your choice of Selective Color was a great choice fn this capture! Lovely work!

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