Baby Cardinal & Blue Jay

Took these a week or so ago with new camera D40

The jay is a bird blown out -- the whites on the head. But the baby cardinal is just adorable -- well-captured.

the cardinal looks so tiny -- did he/she fly in?

The bluejay shots look a bit soft to me.

You have some excellent detail in that cardinal photo.... Well done.. What a cutie too..

Beautiful catch of the Cardinal. Looks like she is sunning herself.

Thank you all for your comments. I think my baby is a girl we don't seem to have had many boys this year. Can any one tell me how toget a better shot of the Blue Jay. I am shooting out of an open window going from shadow, into at the moment very bright light? All help vey much welcome. Chrissy

Good grief. Both Blue Jay shots were at 1/25s. That's way too slow. Not sure how you got those kind of speeds at ISO 400 into bright light. Did you have some kind of dark filter on the lens? Even at f/9, it should have been faster. Try lowering the f/stop to at least 5.6 or lower if you can, to bring up shutter speed. I shoot out my windows all the time, and I always use a tripod in here to hold the camera and lens. That will help.

Thanks Mitch I do also use a tripod but still learning Chrissy

beautiful shots there i must say, i love the first one especially

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Thankyou Fast1. Chrissy