Set against the backdrop of a brilliant blue sky, these two cardinals perch contentedly upon snow-crusted branches emerging from an intricately-textured tree trunk to their left.

Like a nimble-fingered pianist, the sunlight plays over the male cardinal’s feathers, illuminating fiery reds and flaming oranges. As it dances along the female cardinal’s plumage, it calls forth a melody of earthy browns, greens and oranges accented by a gleam of warm yellow light outlining the bird's round belly.