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Christmas Cardinal


Christmas Cardinal
Photo Information
Copyright: Lesley Mattuchio (Lesley) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 13 N: 913] (2988)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-12-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF100-400 IS
Exposure: f/8, 1/400 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-12-25 6:25
Viewed: 1301
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This Northern Cardinal comes to wish you all a Merry Christmas. The Cardinal is used so often to depict the Holiday Season that I thought on Christmas Day I would send him your way to express my good cheer and gratitude to you all here at TrekNature...you have welcomed me with with warmth and enthusiasm and it has become a real cyber home for me. So Merry Christmas to you all and may the miracles of the season and nature bless you all for many years to come.
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Hi Lesley
Thanks for posting this nice Christmas Card, I like his crest, they are such beautiful birds. Best to you too.
Have a nice day
Callie

As always fantastic.

Nice lesley I could do with casting him in resssin and adding him to the hummming bird on the christmas tree.
Great picture, and happy christmas to you too.

Thank you Lesley! This Cardinal, with his crest up, is perfect as a Christmas card. Nice thought. We're lucky they stay up North during winter: they bring color to the cold season.
Merry Christmas!

Great Lesley.
A very nice christmas card.
You handle exposure very well. Very good colours and details.
Great work.

This is excellent shot. Great DOF, eye is visible, snow is not overexposed, what can I say more? I wish myself to make such shots ;)

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3464 W: 145 N: 5943] (17794)
  • [2004-12-25 14:59]

A lovely Christmas greeting from you and this beautiful bird. Thankyou. Greetings to you and all, Janice

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2004-12-25 16:24]

Well I for one am happy to share this "Cyber World" with you and the other friends here on TN. You are so right to call it a home, as this "place" has also become very important to me. After I have spent my daily hour or two (Sometime more) on here it is as if the stress from a day at the office has become easier to manage and the problems smaller.

I like this image a lot and it certainly has the right colors for the season. Is that a Cuban sigar in his mouth? :)

Very well done and thanks for posting.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2816 W: 75 N: 7977] (26975)
  • [2004-12-25 17:11]

Excellent choise for Christmas time Lesley!
Perfect quality of shot, great snow details and superb bird.

Composition: ****
Sharpness: ****
Color: ****
DOF: ****
POV: ****
Note: ***

Great shot lesley, I find the colors great.
TFS.

Beautiful and proud fellow, and you got a good exposure with the snow, too. Great job.

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  • deud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 498 W: 2 N: 464] (2157)
  • [2005-01-05 3:02]

super red on super white!

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