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Mr. Cardinal
Mr. Cardinal
janruss


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Backlighting II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
Lens: Canon EF 400mm EF f/4 DO IS USM
Location: Wailea (Kihei) , Maui, Hawaii, USA
Date: Jan 4, 2006
Aperture: F/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 6, 2006

 Male Northern Cardinal
Cropped, levels, resized, USM 2X
Thanks everyone for all of your nice comments. Several of you mentioned the white on the right side. Had this been a challenge with advanced editing, I would have cloned it out.

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 324
Avg (all users): 6.4040
Avg (commenters): 7.3125
Avg (participants): 6.0870
Avg (non-participants): 6.5989
Views since voting: 2431
Views during voting: 471
Votes: 302
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 01/18/2006 02:50:05 AM
Janine, this is a beautiful capture. It reminds me of Tom Mangelsens work congrats on top 20.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/17/2006 06:39:30 PM
nice sharp closeup w/ bg blur
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 01/17/2006 06:12:47 PM
nice shot... i love the lighting. distracted with white thing on the right side. 8
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 01/15/2006 06:11:25 PM
What a perfect image. I bumped this.
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 01/15/2006 10:46:48 AM
Beautiful! Love the dof and colors of the background with this red beauty.
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 01/14/2006 12:27:01 PM
A good capture with great color and definition. Bumping up.
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 01/14/2006 10:59:07 AM
Awsome
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 01/14/2006 06:10:14 AM
How pretty is this little bird!!
I love it! Nice backlight too:)
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 01/13/2006 05:32:05 PM
Magic colors, magic image, magic bird..... Very well taken..... I love it.
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 01/13/2006 02:57:40 PM
Beautiful. 10
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 01/13/2006 01:05:34 PM
A nice shot, nice BG...the only small thing that bothers me (slightly) is the bright spot on R/S
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 01/13/2006 12:14:40 PM
Beautiful! I like how his color seems to bleed down into the branch he's sitting on.
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 01/13/2006 07:25:49 AM
Beautiful picture, love the effect on the feathers, good focus of details.
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 01/13/2006 05:44:27 AM
naturally pretty
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 01/13/2006 02:14:57 AM
After conversing with the author of the shot I retract the comment.
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 01/12/2006 09:27:17 AM
nice detail.
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 01/11/2006 08:55:33 PM
Excellent focus and depth of field. Only thing is it feels ever-so-slightly washed out.
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 01/11/2006 08:51:16 PM
thats pretty, i know how hard it is to photograph birds.
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 01/11/2006 08:37:27 AM
Nice close up. Good detailing on the bird's feathers. What if you adjusted curves? I think it might enrich the overall tones and really give it some extra POP. 7
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 01/10/2006 11:30:41 PM
beautiful capture
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