A dark wet day :(

I struggled for the greater part of the morning with shutter speeds in an off and on down pour of rain. (I tried to shoot during the off time!)
I love the rich saturation on days like this, but without introducing a ton of grain, the slightest movement of the bird produces a blurry image.

Some days we just have to give up and except defeat!
I just wanted to get out and shoot something.
I should know better, but there is always a voice in my head telling me that I am superman and can shoot in the dark at ISO 100 (Yeah Right!)

Below are some mediocre images from this morning.
Feel free to rip them apart.
Maybe a good reeming will make me think twice about leaving the house next time.

Northern Cardinal - Male

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A lovely set Shawn, too hard to pick a favourite out of them as all are so good.

well, must admit, I never go out if it is wet, and often think I should. Whilst the first 4 are a bit dark, I would rather have these than to have sat in the house! Last one is a lovely pose, great catch Shawn.

Very nice images, I like each shot, but especially the chickadee... and I shoot a lot in dark, wet conditions... mostly because of necessity

Dave

L.J.G. wrote in post #14053523
A lovely set Shawn, too hard to pick a favourite out of them as all are so good.

Thanks Lloyd!

catsith wrote in post #14053662
well, must admit, I never go out if it is wet, and often think I should. Whilst the first 4 are a bit dark, I would rather have these than to have sat in the house! Last one is a lovely pose, great catch Shawn.

Thanks Tina, I could lighten them a bit in pp, but the day was what it was!

dbriz wrote in post #14053899
Very nice images, I like each shot, but especially the chickadee... and I shoot a lot in dark, wet conditions... mostly because of necessity

Dave

Thanks Dave!
I just noticed that the chickadee is an image of a bird that I had photographed earlier in the year.
Good to see it is still alive!

Great series of shots Shawn, cloudy conditions can provide really nice images as proven here.

I feel your pain, man! If I don't shoot in gloom and rain, I wouldn't get any pics for half the year

You did quite well with these; the chickadee and nuthatch shots are particularly good.

Just goes to prove that you don't need bright sunny skies to take excellent photos! Great job!

very nice series, Shawn

Allowing for the conditions I think you did very well there Shawn.

H..., those are great man! You're too hard on yourself.

I dunno they all are really nice images! No complaints here.

nicely done Shawn

I think you did fine under the circumstances Shawn. Not every day can be bright and sunny, and shooting on days like this test you as a photograher.
You've brought out some pretty colors in the Cardinals and House Finch (looks like it to me), but the Nuthatch is the cream of this crop to me. Of course I am a little biased - . The only thing I see to CC is that the BC Chickadee looks a little underexposed to me. Go figure right....on a dark, rainy day.

I think you did great considering the conditions. Its a nice change from the normal. Sunny day shots you see everyday
Well done