Red's Eye Exam
The male cardinal konked himself out , allowing me to get these close-ups
Arcadia, Oklahoma
0956 hrs 15 Mar 2009
Nikon D2X
Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 Micro
SB-600 Speedlight
ISO 100 -0.7 EV
1/80 sec F/6.3
HDR
Five EV adjustments in Nikon Capture: -2, -1, 0, .5, 2
Photomati: Generated HDR and made adjustments
Photoshop: Cropped/ sized, color adjustments
Red's Eye Exam belongs to the following groups:
Birds and Creatures of Flight, Extreme Close-Ups and The Birds Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
ej29
OMG!! What wonderful detail and the color is so awesome…great work….he is ok right!!!!
Dennis Jones -... replied
After about 10 minutes he took off… He really hit the window hard…
Barbara Anderson
So amazingly beautiful. The color is so vibrant!
rasnidreamer
While it’s a MARVELOUS shot, and beautiful work—-I so wish he hadn’t konked himself so hard! Beautiful Dennis
Angel Perry
Poor thing! You got to keep you windows a little smudgy so he can see the glass! Awesome!
CeeCeesMama
Amazing detail Dennis! I hate when they hit the windows. Christine
Jan Piller
Oh it’s beautiful!! I hope he was okay!!
Blair Wainman
You had mentioned before about the window! It has allowed you some incredible macro shots!! Beautiful detail in this shot!!
Blair Wainman
...maybe it should be called the “Black eye Exam” Lol!!
Diane Schuster
Wow! This is a very cool image! Great profile! Dee
Leslie Battjes
beautiful detail, GB.
Cheryl Lunde
Amazing capture! A fave!
lorilee
FANTASTIC!!!!
Magee
Oh Dennis!! Sensational!!
(No doubt about photographers is there?. They’re ever at the ready!!
Straight to my faves.
Patricia Montg...
Superb! Awesome detail!!
Pat Yager
Dennis, this is fabulous! I’ve NEVER seen the face of a bird so up close! – Pat
LaurenTaylor ...
The red in this photo is so vivid, well done!
Louise Robinson
Amazing colour!
helmutk
Lovely capture !
Jellybean720
WOW.. Great closeup.. and Beautiful Capture :))
naturelover
Renee Dawson
I was wondering how you managed to get such an incredibly detailed close-up :) I do hope he was okay after he regained his senses. Great shot. Congratulations on your feature Dennis.
Angela Lance
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations on your feature!
Karen Scrimes
Love Cardinals! Beautiful portrait. Congratulations!!
hallucingenic
amazing! :D beautiful detail and color! i love it!
Gayle Dolinger
WOW!
melant1017
Awesome capture Dennis, I love it!!! Congrats on your feature, well deserved :-)
~A
Ginny York
Lucky you. lol the cardinals out here never get tired. I will get one one day though! This one of yours is awesome. Full of fantastic detail. Congradulations on your feature in the Extreme Closeups Group!!
pattihaskins
It is such an amazing capture I just keep coming back to stare
at the vivid red. I have never seen one except in photos.
Yool
You are featured in the Backyard in Macro Group !!!
Dennis Jones -... replied
Thanks Yool…
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