Cardinal

[buzzsaw]

It was on again off again with the clouds on Sunday with some light snow trickling through on and off... there were moments were getting good photo ops were evident and others when it was just plain flat light. Here is one from that day.

1/100 second ~ F/9 ~ ISO 200

[Royce Aardahl]

Nice picture. The males are starting to call a lot.

[tisosy11]

thats a neat picture!

[IFallsRon]

That's a great shot. We haven't seen cardinals in our neighborhood this winter.

[finnbay]

Very nice, Buzzsaw - sharp and clear!

[LPCrowRiverFisherman]

Great shot, wish they would cooperate like that for me.

Anybody else here play spot the Cardinal, you hear one calling and see if you can find it?

[WifeKidsandDog]

Picture perfect ... beautiful shot.

[mmeyer]

Great image Buzz. Our Cardinals have been missing for a while. I'm hoping they come back soon. I've been waiting to hear them.

[Yeti]

LP, Yeti thought he made that game up??

[Steve Foss]

Nice shot, Buzz. We've had a male singing around the place lately but haven't seen a female yet.

[buzzsaw]

Thanks guys and gals. I got this in the backyard setup.

[mcary]

Nice shot Mike! Is the birch log a new setup this year? I don't believe I've seen it before. I had a couple of cardinals that were semi-regular visitors this last year, but they didn't frequent the feeder often enough to justify setting up a blind and waiting. Beautiful shot as usual.

[buzzsaw]

We posted at about the same mili second... I try to set up new props all the time so you don't see the same prop in all of my bird images. I have a shed in the backyard that has a fair amount of Birch and anything with Lichen, dead seedpod types of plants, berries on branches etc... Thanks for the kind words, Mike.

[Rainman]

Nice picture. I love those birds.

[finnbay]

Steve,

Talked to a gal yesterday that has had a couple of cardinals showing up recently at her feeder - on Newgord Drive - just a few blocks from you. She must have something better in the feeder than you do!

[Steve Foss]

I can't keep ANYTHING in the feeder. The deer are relentless right now.

[Moose]

Ken and S cat,

The Inlaws also mentioned a bunch of deer in the feeder this year on Onepine. Are the natural food sources down for the count early this season?

Sorry to hijack the post Great Picture Buzzsaw. I love the idea of setting up scenes in the backyard with common props.

[harvey lee]

As always a very nice photo. Thanks for the great photos.

[finnbay]

Moose,

Plenty of food - it's been a good winter for the deer again. I guess the deer like sunflower seeds as much as I did in my baseball playing days. Or, they just like to harass birders!

[buzzsaw]

 Quote:

Sorry to hijack the post Great Picture Buzzsaw. I love the idea of setting up scenes in the backyard with common props.

No problem, it's almost like ADHD takes over. If you have the birds coming in, it makes complete sense to set something up so you can control the image a bit more.

Thanks Harvey & Finn

[mountaindew]

Great picture! Sharp!

[MN Shutterbug]

Nice all around shot.

[Dbl]

Your usual high standard shows again Mike!

[buzzsaw]

Awww! Thanks Dan and X! I'll critique it then... nice enough image, bad clone job below the Cardinal.. there I said it.