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Female Cardinal


Female Cardinal
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Copyright: Josh Crozier (Humanist) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 52 W: 11 N: 145] (541)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-12-28
Categories: Birds
Camera: Cannon EOS Rebel XTi, Canon 75-300mm 4.5-5.6 USM III
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/500 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-01-03 7:20
Viewed: 477
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Taken in the University of Guelph Arboretum. Since I have learned that my 75-300 is not sharp enough to allow cropping, I camped out for a very long time in the cold today until I could get close enough to almost fill the frame with this beauty.

The University of Guelph's Arboretum webpage has some great bird information here.

PP: All PP related to countering the soft lens. I have worked very hard in sharpening this photo making careful use of all the new features of CameraRAW and then sharpening creatively and again for the specified output size. I have found it difficult to strike a balance between oversharpening and letting some areas go blurry.

All comments (even negative!) are very welcome... I really need to figure out my workflow and lens situation.
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  • falke Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 158 W: 17 N: 451] (1616)
  • [2008-01-03 7:30]
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Well you have managed very well to fill the frame with this amazing bird! What a great pose and I really like the eye contact! The bird knows exactly what you are up to.... ;o)

Your sharpening is very close to the edge but still OK. What program do you do your editing in and what method of sharpening (plug maybe)?

Best regards/Bengt

P.S. One more thing... did you do any noise reduction? D.S.

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3174 W: 154 N: 4796] (15481)
  • [2008-01-03 9:46]

Hi Josh.
Strong and nice composition and excellent exposure of the bird and wire. Details and colours of the bird are perfect too. X-composition is really very impressive. My compliments and best wishes.
Alexei.

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