Where's My Tail?!

I know, I'm notorious for cutting off bird tails, I don't know why. Anyways, this is an unedited shot of a female cardinal from my bird adventure the other day. I'm pretty pleased with it as is.
My day will consist of going through the 90+ photos that I took the other day to see if any are good enough to print and enter into a local art show. So far, I've got about 10 that MIGHT make the cut.

[Lisa Poland]

I got a picture of a male cardinal yesterday. But I couldn't get a picture of him when his head wasn't behind a branch, so you can't see his pretty red tuft of feathers on his head. Beautiful capture!

[melissa]

@homeschoolmom
Silly birds, they need to be taught the elements that make a good photo. lol. Thanks!

[Penny Price]

Great detail on on the feathers.

[Krisztina Lacz]

lovely

[melissa]

@pennyp @krisztinalacz
Thanks!

[Mellisa]

I really like your colors and detail! Very pretty!

[melissa]

@pinckney168
Thanks! I wasn't sure if I should make the colors more vibrant or not in processing...

[Mellisa]

I like it! Maybe just a little brightening of the red...but overall I think it's great!

[Martin]

Nice detail in the feathers shame you chopped it tail of easy done see my Chaffinch shot.

[melissa]

@esox
I chop tails off all the time. I figure faces are more important.