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• pankajbajpai (14904)
• [2008-01-26 6:05]

hello angelina,
nice capture , i liked the composition and the eye contact, if you were using a tripod in low light you should have gone for slow shutter speed, i use 1/250 in handheld conditions, reducing the shutter speeding and opting for small aperture may have yielded better results, all said & done i still havent taken a single decent bird shot,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• eqshannon (21359)
• [2008-01-26 6:10]

Frozen and windy? Hmmmmm...talk to me...well it is a fine bird Angy...I think this might be one o0f the better ones I have seen from you in the bird catagory..Very nicely done...with that special Angel's touch.
bob

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• gracious (12510)
• [2008-01-26 8:58]

Hello Angy,
Pressing for time, going out of city for photographing!
just to drop by to compliment for your beautiful posting
cheers
Tony

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• Alex99 (15283)
• [2008-01-26 8:59]

Hi Angelina.
I like your charming red beauty. Its glance is so cute and well as the quiet pose. Exposure of the picture is great, colours are clear and pleasant, branch pattern is superb. My compliments and TFS.
Alexei.

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• jaycee (15621)
• [2008-01-26 8:59]

Hi Angy,

Always nice to see Senor Rojas. A nice shot with a good twinkle in his eye. I like the pose on the leafless tree with the perfect blue sky in the background.

Jane

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• lousat (11102)
• [2008-01-26 9:22]

Great colours and perfect as usual,thanks again for your great gallery,have a nice day,Luciano

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• fartash (10235)
• [2008-01-26 9:49]

Dear Angy
Wonderful shot of this Senor Rojas,
Perfect focusing,colors and POV,Welldone.

Good Luck
Fartash

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• K9madtex (1018)
• [2008-01-26 10:40]

Nice shot Angie. I don't know how to help you on the softness. Great pose and color though.

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• Jamesp (15024)
• [2008-01-26 13:15]

Hi Angelina

Great pose and colour - I wish I had these in my garden!

James :)

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• Adanac (14934)
• [2008-01-26 18:39]

Hello Angelina,
Great color, composition, and point of view. Thanks for sharing this nice image of this beautiful species.
Rick

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• Mana (16804)
• [2008-01-26 23:30]

Hi Angelina,
Appreciate and like this wonderful shot from you. Out of town, hence doing a short job. Sorry friend.
Regards.
Sumon

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• uleko (24475)
• [2008-01-27 1:30]

Hello Angelina,
This is a fine composition showing the bright Cardinal in a lovely pose. The colours are beautiful and I like the background but it is hard to focus when there are lots of twigs around. I wonder if you've cropped this heavily to get closer? That also reduced sharpness. Anyway, not too bad at all!!
TFS and all the best, Ulla

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• dB_grafix (3019)
• [2008-01-28 22:02]

HI Angelina.
Seems you are doing ok with the lens to me.I like the fact you can get closer to Senor Rojo now.
One thing you shouod try is set your ISO over 100. I would try practice shots with 200 and 400 and see what gives you some better exposure with less light.
I know the answer would be 400, but there is more grain. I mainly use 200. Keep that lens on a tripod:):)

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• claudine (10175)
• [2008-01-29 4:07]

Hi Angelina,
I don't know this lens but I see that you used ISO 100 for this picture and you said that light was low. In this condition, you should try a higher ISO to be able to use a smaller aperture that will bring out more details. Also, I might suggest that you use a faster shutter speed for birds, especially during windy days. Anyway, even if the bird doesn’t seem to be moving, it always does. As I'm concern, it is very rare that I go under 1/320 and even, If I could, I'll be choosing 1/500 or even 1/640 or more for smaller birds.

This is a nice composition with natural exposure and colors and you caught nice catch-light. Oh, I was forgetting... I don't know if you do this but a tip is also to focus on the bird's eye, always as for other animals. When the eye is focused, generally the picture will come out well :) Hope this helped :)
Claudine

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• CeltickRanger (7549)
• [2008-01-29 18:29]

hello Angelina

the warm red of the cardinal and the cold blue of the background sky
what lovely capture of Senor Rojo, i love the POV of your image
and the way you framed the Senor Rojo on the image

i wish you for this spring many many babies from him

TFS

Asbed

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• writerscrawlz (2491)
• [2008-01-29 20:28]

Stunning colors with great eye contact and composition. I've missed being here, but your photos (like many others) brighten my day in so many ways. I'm going to try to be here more often. Fabulous.

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• jeanpaul (13851)
• [2008-01-31 5:51]

Hi Angelina
Un bel oiseau bien mis en valeur par cette composition photographique agréable. Jolies couleurs, bon point de vue.
Merci et au revoir...JP

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• haraprasan (13330)
• [2008-02-04 8:52]

Hi Angelina,
A nice capture of this beautiful red cardinal bird. Good details and composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• Luis52 (10399)
• [2008-02-09 7:11]

Hi My dear friend Angelina.
I guess I miss this one, sorry. It is a great one too. Sr. Rojo is always around there and he is a very nice looking bird, and must have a lot of girlfriends eh?
Nice and sharp.
Saludos Angelina.
Luis52.

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• turansezer (94)
• [2008-02-15 7:34]

Very nice.

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• bobair (4494)
• [2008-02-15 20:25]

Hi Angelina,
I like your little fellow and you are correct about the softness you have in his photo.With poor light you can do one of two things or both.The first thing that I would try is increasing your camera's iso setting and use a value like iso 400 as that will make the camera's sensor more light sensitive and it allows for faster shooting as well.If the aperture could be made at a more open setting that to would bring better results but the only way to do that is to zoom out,not good for details,however.Playing with your iso settings is really about all you can do but as you know the higher the iso the more noise there might be in your photo and then you can get away with a higher number f-stop for added dof.I hope this note is of some use to you.Thanks for yet another lovely shot of your red coloured friend. Bob

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• oscarromulus (4760)
• [2008-02-23 17:55]

Angelina,
Powerful lens or not, this is still a GREAT piece of photography.
Warm greetings,
Mario from Calgary.

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• ramthakur (25857)
• [2008-03-02 22:27]

Hi Angelina,
This is an extremely handsome bird you have posted today. What brilliant colors!
I think Claudine makes a lot of sense about using your 70-300mm effectively in various light conditions.
I too have not been able to master my Sigma 70-300mm yet.
TFS and regards,
Ram

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• ridvan (5188)
• [2008-03-09 6:16]

hi angy; very nice pose of this lovely bird ; everything is perfect naturel colours with splendid composition.well done
regards
ridvan

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• marhowie (34685)
• [2008-04-05 7:13]

Nice color and light Angelina, and it's well composed with a good POV of "Senor Rojo".
It looks like Claudine has already given you some helpful tips that will improve your outcomes :)
Have a great day,
Howard

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• SueThomson (603)
• [2008-05-04 13:18]

A lovely handsome colourful bird. It is great to see birds on TN that we dont see in Australia. I enjoyed visiting your gallery and also reading the critiques on this photo to help with the focus. There is so much to learn to get nicely focussed and sharp photos!

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• Dillinger (121)
• [2008-07-03 9:47]

I love the colors in this photo -- light-blue sky, subtle brown tones of the tree, and the stunning boldness of the Cardinal. I like how you have composed this image.