Northern Cardinal
I liked that I caught this male northern cardinal singing away, but I really dislike all of the distracting branches near his body. Check out my next photo where I did a ton of editing to remove these elements. I even cloned the branch he’s sitting on to get rid of the branch in front of it. I wouldn’t try to get away with this in a photo contest, but I wanted to play around and see how much I could improve the image at least to my eye.
Country United States
State Illinois
Location Prairie Center, Lincoln Memorial Garden, Springfield, Illinois.
Gender Male
Age Adult
Activity Singing
- Created Timestamp04/11/2025 10:39:16
- CameraNIKON D780
- Aperture10
- Focal Length600
- Iso640
- Shutter Speed1/1000
- Orientation1
I like your before and after pics so I’d like to feature these two Cardinal pics in a future GBP email. What program did you use to do the edits and about how long did it take?
Very nice!