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Autumn cardinal

September 29, 2013 by Mike Powell

The early morning light from the side illuminated the bright fall leaves and the equally bright red male Northern Cardinal at my local marsh this past weekend.

Posted in Art, Birds, Nature, Photography, wildlife | Tagged Alexandria, autumn, Canon 50D, Canon 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens, cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, fall, Huntley Meadows Park, Northern cardinal | 13 Comments

13 Responses

on September 29, 2013 at 11:26 pm | Reply cindydyer

Wonderful light, wonderful color!
- on September 29, 2013 at 11:46 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Cindy. Although it’s usually optimal when the light is behind me, sometimes you get a cool effect when the light is coming from the back or from the side.
on September 29, 2013 at 11:28 pm | Reply acuriousgal

My favorite bird!!!! Gorgeous in the light!!!
- on September 29, 2013 at 11:30 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  They are one of my favorites too, in part because they stay in my area throughout the winter.
on September 29, 2013 at 11:53 pm | Reply Charlie@Seattle Trekker

Love the composition and your use of light is fantastic.
- on September 29, 2013 at 11:56 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Charlie. I really liked the lighting when I took the shot and was happy that I was able to capture the effect, at least in part.
on September 30, 2013 at 12:20 am | Reply Lyle Krahn

I really like the effect when the light hits the subject and leaves other areas darker.
on September 30, 2013 at 6:02 am | Reply jeaninjackson

Gorgeous, I love Cardinals.
- on September 30, 2013 at 6:07 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks. They were one of the first birds that I could easily identify and they are special to me too.
  - on September 30, 2013 at 9:53 am jeaninjackson
    
    There are two in the trees out back. I could pick off birds shots all day if I had the right lenses.
on September 30, 2013 at 6:41 am | Reply New Hampshire Gardener

These birds are so beautiful. I wish I could see them in the wild but with my type of colorblindness they (and cardinal flowers) blend right in. I’ll guess I’ll just have to keep coming here to see them!
on September 30, 2013 at 7:56 pm | Reply sethsnap

Lovely!
- on September 30, 2013 at 8:12 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks. It’s nice to be able to catch an occasional bird with signs of the fall colors.