These were some photos I shot a winter or so ago of a cardinal. It looked so beautiful in the snow. In the photo above I really wanted to illustrate how much snow had piled up on the bird feeder. In this shots below, I wanted to get just enough depth of field to have the cardinal sharp in focus and not a lot else. (please see second image below)
Below is another shot I took of a cardinal on the same day visiting a very snow covered bird feeder.
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Wonderful photographs. Beautiful. I’m from Chicago so I get to see the cardinals all the time but these are so lovely.
Thank you. Yes, we see them a lot in D.C. but they are always ready for their close ups!
Lovely photos for this challenge. Love how the bright colours of the bird stands out agains the cold snow!
Thanks Janaline
I love the color on female cardinals
I love cardinals! We lived in NC for 3 years and were always thrilled to watch such beautiful birds. We don’t have cardinals in Australia, so all the more special!
Beautiful! We don’t see red birds around where I live — the only colorful birds I’ve seen so far are bluejays . . .
What a lovely splash of red amidst the white snow.
Gorgeous shots!
beautiful
thank you!
Just beautiful!! My favorite bird and one that looks the best surrounded by all that snow!! I hope to capture wildlife someday, had not ventured too much into things that move! I’ll just look at your beautiful shots in the meantime🙋