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What Happened to My Berries?

I was shooting birds near a feeder from my tent when I looked to a different part of the yard and saw this cardinal... he stayed just long enough for a couple q...
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I was shooting birds near a feeder from my tent when I looked to a different part of the yard and saw this cardinal... he stayed just long enough for a couple quick shots, then moved.
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Canon EOS 5D

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/250

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Feb, 2013

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Contest Finalist in Natural Clusters Photo Contest

Runner Up in Ice Is Nice Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Ice Is Nice Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Ice Worlds Photo Contest

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Superb Composition

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Top Choice

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Outstanding Creativity

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Magnificent Capture

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Love it

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All Star

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Genius

Exceptional Contrast

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Virtuoso

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Another great capture!

Wow! I love this!

Outstanding contrast, clarity and composition...well done! Voted

Gorgeous!! Congrats!!

Platinum

Awesome capture - with the Cardinal too! Couldn't have worked out better! Congrats on being a finalist!

Ultimate

Nice shot

Amazing shot!!

Wow...what a capture....

This is a beauty! Well done and congrats on being a finalist. I hope you win!

A-MAZING!

Ps: You've already won in my book. :) #"winning"

Love, Love this shot!

Congrats, nice photo.

great capture, congrats

Amazing, love this so so much

Congrats on you finalist award.

Awesome! Congratulations!

just STUNNING!! :)

PRO

superb!

Great shot mate. Joe :-)

Platinum

Great Capture! Congrats on Award

This is gorgeous! And would make a great entry for my "Accent with Red Photo Challenge". Just go to my profile, challenges, then created. Wonderful composition and detail! Love it!

PRO+

Wow.

Love this ! Congrats !

What an amazing photo! I love it!

Wow !!! Love this so much.

What a Photographer's DREAM Shot!!!!!!!
Fabulous capture! Kudos!

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What a wonderful capture. Gorgeous photo. Congratulations on being a finalist!

What a fantastic shot

PRO

Wow....amazing shot!!! Love it!!! And congrats on your well deserved award!!! : )

Beautiful capture! Congrats.

WOW !!!!Congratulations !!!
[....told you]

Great one! funny, great topic, wonderful shot!

The tree and berries alone is stunning - add the cardinal and it is a masterpiece!! Great shot!!

Amazing capture

PRO

That is amazing.

May I invite you to Anything in Ice Photo Challenge?)))

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken in my backyard in East-Central Iowa. We had just been hit with the biggest ice storm in years and luckily for me, the red berries were still hanging on my Washington Hawthorne tree. Typically the birds have already eaten them all by this time of year (mid-December). I used a camping tent as a blind and was actually photographing birds in a different part of the yard. Luckily this flash of red caught my eye and I turned the camera and took 2 shots before he flew.

Time

I took this about 4:00 p.m. in mid-December nearly 10 years ago.

Lighting

The sky was overcast. I did not use flash since the bird was about 75 feet away.

Equipment

For this shot, I used a Canon 5D body with 100-400mm lens on Bogen 3221 tripod with 3055 ball head.

Inspiration

I have always loved shooting images of birds. Like I said above, I was actually set up to shoot birds near a feeder in a different part of the yard, when I got lucky and caught a glimpse of this male cardinal landing in the tree.

Editing

I didn't use any special processing other than the RAW conversion, a little cropping and fine-tuning of the color/ white balance.

In my camera bag

I use a F-Stop Gear Ajna photo backpack and admittedly carry way too much gear into the field :-) I have two camera bodies: Canon 5D Mark III, and the 7D Mark II. For lenses, I have a 100-400mm, 180mm macro, 24-105mm and 16-35mm. I have a set of extension tubes to aid in close focusing and also a 36 inch sliver/ gold reflector for adding a little fill light. My current tripod is a Gitzo 2531 with a RRS BH-40 ball head. In addition, I also have spare batteries, memory cards, etc.

Feedback

First of all, I suggest getting outside even if the weather is not ideal. Many of my best shots come from days when I almost stayed in the house rather than getting outside to explore. In the case of this cardinal, I wish I had moved one of my bird feeders nearer to the ice covered tree and I might have had some even better photo opportunities!

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What Happened to My Berries?

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