2011/040: Cardinal
I was trying to take pictures of the falling snow last week, and couldn’t help thinking of Tracy when a red blur flew through my viewfinder and sat down in the neighbor’s tree. I quickly took a few pictures with my 18-200mm lens before digging out the 80-400mm, and good thing I did, because by the time I had the other lens on the camera, he was gone!
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I love seeing the cardinals in snowy trees. They are so eye catching against the snowy background.
9. February, 2011 at 06:10
Thank you!
9. February, 2011 at 13:26
So, he doesn’t just elude ME! 🙂 I have that ‘dream photo’ in the back of my mind of the male cardinal in the snow. Such a great pop of color in an otherwise white world!
9. February, 2011 at 07:00
Well, he DID show up to pose for me… I should have let him know, that I was just going to get the other lens. He probably thought I got the shots I wanted and that’s why he flew off 😉
9. February, 2011 at 13:28
I can’t believe it is that snowy up there…
9. February, 2011 at 08:11
I was last week. Today is mostly ice and sleet. We were SUPPOSED to get 3-5 inches of snow, but only got a dusting on top of the white mess.
9. February, 2011 at 13:29
oh wow, what a lucky find! too bad he didn’t stick around. that’s quite a range..do you use that lens alot?
9. February, 2011 at 09:11
Thanks, Doreen! I don’t use the 18-200 as much as the macro, but I do use it quite a bit for the everyday (non macro) stuff.
9. February, 2011 at 13:30
I am soooo jealous!! I’ve been trying to capture our male cardinal in a snow-dusted spruce tree for at least a month. He keeps teasing me and flying off before I can get a decent shot. Or he’ll sit there when the light is awful.
Well done!! He’s beautiful. 🙂
9. February, 2011 at 15:51
Wow, a cardinal! So beautiful and especially against that snowy backdrop
9. February, 2011 at 18:34
is the 80-400mm a macro?
9. February, 2011 at 19:47
No, it’s not a macro.
11. February, 2011 at 05:49
We got the 3-5 and it’s so cold, even the cardinals are hiding! Love the photographs!!
9. February, 2011 at 22:19
He brings color to your snowy world. So, you enjoying all the white stuff this year? 🙂
11. February, 2011 at 05:45
I did enjoy it… while it lasted.
11. February, 2011 at 05:48
that shot of red is just wonderful! I was looking for some birds today, not a one to be found.
13. February, 2011 at 20:02