Cardinal in winter sun

I wanted to try the BIGMO with the XSi. This familiar male first was bathing in the morning sun in a bush 34 feet away; he then came closer (19 ft) to eat some peanuts.
500 mm + 1.6 crop factor, 1/400 @ f. 9 (bush pic) and 1/250 @ f. 9 (peanuts pic), 800 ISO.
PP in LR2 as DNG file, noise removal + sharpening with NeatImage.
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Thanks for looking.
Gerard

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artyman wrote in post #9359662
And very nice too

Thank you Ken.

patlannon wrote in post #9360054
Two nice shots there.

Thank you Pat.

BGgraphy wrote in post #9360526
very nice shots, I like #2 best,nice lighting and shadows, both are fine shots

Thanks for the comment.
#2 was closer - # 1 was a bit far, but despite the clutter I like it as well, it came out better than I thought. A bunch of other shots of the same subject are not as sharp.

Gerard

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hTr wrote in post #9361104
Well Done the Exposure can be Tough on these bird with Bright sun, You handled it well!!

Thanks Gary - the RAW files and LightRoom helped a lot

Gerard

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Harvey_G wrote in post #9361221
Good shooting Gerard. He sure looks cold in that first shot. Nice job on the reds.

Thanks Harvey.

Gerard

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