Cardinal

Shot this off my back porch. Used a flash for some fill.
1DX II, 500mm f/4, Iso 200, F8/0 , 1/500th

Mike née shot just a few things you could do to improve this would be is:
#1 to remove the flash catchlight, so theres is only one catchlight.
#2 do a little cleanup on the birds beak, the dark spot and the 2 little white spots on the black feathers, plus there is some damage to the beak you could fix.
#3 image is to centered, I would add more room in front of the bird and raise it a tiny bit in the frame.
#4 clone out the little twig sticking up close to the birds chest.

On the plus side the image is very sharp, great head angle, nice BG and nice exposure.- Overall very nice.

-Tim

Thanks Tim, ill clean him up a bit.

Other than the white sparklies on the black around the beak which only appear in the second redition, I am really impressed with what you did here.

This is very nice Mike.
Your repost is great.
The reds look super- and that is the hardest thing to get right in PP.
Very sharp, great complimentary BG and nice HA.
Personally I like your original comp,
Gail

Thanks for your help