A Couple Of Ladies Came To Visit

I think the Femal Cardinal is one of our most beautiful birds. The earthtone colors are so easy on the eyes.

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Lovely shots Mitch, very sharp.

Awesome clarity and colors, Wow!

John

Thanks Adi and John. The light has been very nice the last couple of days.

The first image is my favourite here for the angle, light, pose and shrpness but they are all excellent. I think the female Grosbeak is a super looking bird and if you get lucky you will see the golden yellow under the wings much like the rose red that is so predominant under the male's wings...beauties!!

canonloader wrote in post #3216675
Thanks Adi and John. The light has been very nice the last couple of days.

more than I can say for the crap weather here !

Mitch, you nailed those real good.....sharp, well coloured, well exposed....real beauties.

very nice mitch love no.2 and the last for that up close and personel look.

can i ask mitch if you have any extention tubes if so can you try them on the bigma to see wot sort of resaults you come with. cheers

ps pi##ing down rain here all the crap from the channel send us the fine weather.

Some of your best Mitch, Sharp and Outstanding color and exposure.

I have no favorite they are all good

Great series. Love the cardinals. --Rick

Thanks Gary, Adi, Peter, Jason, Gary and Rick. I tend to not post these birds for some reason, although I take pictures of them every day I am home. I can't resist.

Jason, yes, I have the full set of Kenko tubes and use them a lot, especially in my yard where the distance is assured for the day. I didn't use them today. The quality is just as good as the Bigma without the tubes though, and it keeps autofocus. Here are some shots with the 20mm tube behind the Bigma.

And I was going to ask you, which teleconverters are you using for those long distance shots? I have the Sigma 1.4 and 2x TC's, but have found the 2x gives barely acceptable image quality while the 1.4x is fine.

Tres Tres sharp Al ,,, love the female Grosbeak

Thanks Wayne. She is a beauty. I held my breath when I first saw her and didn't know what it was. Her and her hubby seem to be here for the summer, I hope. I believe they have a nest somewhere back in the woods.

These are all great shots but I really love the first 2, very sharp with excellent colours and b/g's.

They are all fantastic! Nice and sharp and very well exposed. Beauties!