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Submitted: June 27, 2011
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Resolution: 900×600

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Make:Canon
Model:Canon EOS 5D
Shutter Speed:1/512 second
Aperture:F/5.6
Focal Length:400 mm
ISO Speed:800
Date Taken:Jun 27, 2011, 10:35:52 AM
Software:Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Sensor Size:7mm

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Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Birds

Mom Cardinal comes in to give her begging fledgling some seed.

Shot through my sliding glass door. The stick is an accessory to my feeder.

Northern Cardinal
Vestal, New York
Canon 5D / EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

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Critique by =Octobers-Rust Jun 28, 2011, 6:57:49 AM

I really like the colours in this photo, the focus on the bird on the twig's face and the soft lines in the background, I assume that that was made by ferns?

This is going to sound strange, but I love your watermark, it works perfectly, deterring someone from stealing your image without detracting from the image it self.

I wish that everything in the image was sharp, I think that would have made the image really stand out. I''m not sure what your lens is capable of, if it was possible, you could have opened your aperture further and that would have allowed you to make your shutter speed faster, but I understand if that wasn't possible. It would have been really amazing if you had all those lovely wing feathers in focus, though.

The left hand corner is a little dark.

I feel that the birds could be just slightly higher in the frame.

What do you think?

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Critique by *woxys Jun 27, 2011, 4:40:49 PM

This is a fantactic capture, thank you for sharing! I appreciate that you managed to capture such moment. The wings of the right bird are a bit blurry, but it adds to the dynamics of the photo and as the left bird is very sharp, I do not count it as a negative. Composition is great and I apprecite quite interesting background - it seems like there were some ornaments in the green field. I would only advice you to make the colours more vivid, as it would make the photo more interesting