• MooseLad@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 months ago

        I think the nature cam also takes saturated photos, making it appear brighter and more yellow than it really is.

        • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
          3·
          9 months ago

          Yeah I think the colors were throwing me off. It looks almost green-yellow in this picture.

          Although I don’t see a black cap like this on any cardinals male or female. But I can’t think of what else it would be.

            • PorkTaco
              2·
              9 months ago

              It’s a shadow. You can see it on the beak a little bit. It’s more noticeable due to the extremely saturated colors.

              • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workOPEnglish
                1·
                9 months ago

                Someone else remarked about the color saturation. I did a little bit of adjusting in Google Photos, including moving the HDR slider to 50%. Is that a bad thing? I like how it helps bring out the details.

              • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.workOPEnglish
                3·
                9 months ago

                Yeah, maybe. As for the cap, she visited again when the sun was at a different angle and her cap feathers aren’t black. They’re reddish brown. Between the lighting and the grime from her wound it just looked black.

                • rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social
                  2·
                  9 months ago

                  Ya, the images showing her eye definitely don’t show the cap being as prominent. But that eye, specialists might be curious. I am most certainly not a specialist 🙂 essentially, it was folks like you that caught on to that with finches in thr first place! I’ll stop bugging you about it haha