Red

[Steve S]

I was set up for chickadees, and this guy flew in. Full frame shot , except for the square crop to remove the edges........................

[Dave Humphries]

I was set up for chickadees, and this guy flew in. Full frame shot , except for the square crop to remove the edges........................

The bit at the bottom?

No, I get it really.

Nice shot (as usual) Steve.

Cheers,

[jamn4ex]

I love shooting yardbirds (songbirds ) in the winter.... wish I could make em look that good.

[jeeperman]

Nice, Steve. I wish we had those guys here.

[PRSearls]

That is a really good shot. None of our cardinals look that good. Well done.

Paul S

[Steve S]

The bit at the bottom?

No, I get it really.

Nice shot (as usual) Steve.

Cheers,

Thanks dave. I know some don't like it, but i like to sign my work.

[kdoc856]

Beautiful shot, Steve

I'm getting into the backyard bird scene, though there appears to be a learning curve. I'm specifically going after cardinals, but they havent seemed to notice yet (I also have an empty barred owl house), I have attracted a small army of squirrels however. Your shot is exactly what I am striving for. Congrats

[Daisy Mae]

What a cracking shot Steve...I thought the 'Strong' refered to the bird at first because it certainly is a wonderfully strong shade of red.

We don't really get colourful birds here in Scotland so this is a delight to see and so sharp...wonderful.

[Dave Humphries]

Thanks dave. I know some don't like it, but i like to sign my work.

No, no, you mis-understand, I was humorously suggesting you had captured the whole bird (i.e. in portrait orientation) and cropped the bottom off to make it square.

I guess you shot landscape and chopped off the blank bits either side in reality though.

Silly attempt (on my part) at humour, I must give that up, gets me into more mis-understandings than you'd know!

[CLK]

Are familiar with the following site? Looking at this years winners, I have to say yours fits in at the top and many of the posters here have some pretty competitive shots as well.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundro...ntest-winners/

[Steve S]

Are familiar with the following site? Looking at this years winners, I have to say yours fits in at the top and many of the posters here have some pretty competitive shots as well.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundro...ntest-winners/

Thank you connie, i appreciate the great comments, but...............

No Thanks............................................ ........Just a contest to steal everyone's images.


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[Steve S]

I love shooting yardbirds (songbirds ) in the winter.... wish I could make em look that good.

No reason you can't make them look good, james. If I can do it, anyone can. Start shooting, and post them up. I'd be willing to bet we can make some improvements .

[Steve S]

Nice, Steve. I wish we had those guys here.

Thanks paul, i didn't know cardinals range was limited to the midwest and eastern states.(had to look it up)

[Steve S]

That is a really good shot. None of our cardinals look that good. Well done.

Paul S

Thank you paul. This one was in good shape..............have you ever seen a bald one?

[Steve S]

Beautiful shot, Steve

I'm getting into the backyard bird scene, though there appears to be a learning curve. I'm specifically going after cardinals, but they havent seemed to notice yet (I also have an empty barred owl house), I have attracted a small army of squirrels however. Your shot is exactly what I am striving for. Congrats

Thanks kevin. Pay attention to the light, direction of light, background, and anything else you can think of , before you place your feeder. Try to place a perch between the feeder, and the direction the birds fly in from, and they will usually land on it, before hopping over to the feeder.

[Steve S]

What a cracking shot Steve...I thought the 'Strong' refered to the bird at first because it certainly is a wonderfully strong shade of red.

We don't really get colourful birds here in Scotland so this is a delight to see and so sharp...wonderful.

Thank you sharon, glad you liked it.

[Steve S]

No, no, you mis-understand, I was humorously suggesting you had captured the whole bird (i.e. in portrait orientation) and cropped the bottom off to make it square.

I guess you shot landscape and chopped off the blank bits either side in reality though.

Silly attempt (on my part) at humour, I must give that up, gets me into more mis-understandings than you'd know!

I would have liked to have done that dave, but i had my focus point set for the chickadees and only had a split second to get this shot. I didn't have a choice but to shoot landscape. (because of the focus point an AI servo mode) I still like it, a nice close-up.