Male Cardinal
Nov, 2013Views
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ann11
February 08, 2014
I love the sparkle in his eye and the red reflected in the ice. Great shot! Thank you for sharing this in the Red Markings On Living Things That Fly Project.
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pedronunoferreira
September 06, 2015
Masterpiece. Voted for birds photo challenge. A very dear to me birs, the Cardinalis cardinalis, kept a pair for many years
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Location
Outside my window.Time
3:00 P.M.Lighting
I used natural lightingEquipment
Sony DSLR A-100Inspiration
The color of the cardinal and how it stood out against the icey winter day.Editing
I tweeked using a little saturation to enhance the red color.In my camera bag
Canon T2i, canon 100mm macro lens, canon 75-300 telephoto lens, and a canaon 18-55mm macroFeedback
During the winter in order to get great captions of different types of wild birds, station birdfeeders near windows and you not only will attract them, but you will be sure to capture all kinds of wild bird photographs.
