Snowy Cardinal

Gallery: AvianPosted March 8, 2015175 views8 comments

I was photographing Northern Cardinals during a heavy wet snow in upstate NY and upon later examining the images noted the interesting "snowburst" from this bird! Not quite sure how this happened...

Nikon D90, Nikon 500 f/4 lens. 1/250 sec, f 5.6, ISO 500

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8 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on March 8, 2015 at 3:52 PM

Great catch!! Good color and details. I would consider cloning out the two snowflakes in the upper right hand as to me they pull attention away from the cardinal. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on March 8, 2015 at 5:47 PM

Yeah right... we know you threw a snowball at the poor cardinal! Awesome result. No nits here.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 8, 2015 at 7:04 PM

Scott, this has a great fun factor to it. I would vote for cloning out those two snowflakes in the urc. I'm torn on whether the reds seem over-saturated or not. Without a larger image its hard to tell. Cool shot!

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on March 8, 2015 at 7:23 PM

I agree with the other comments. Great catch. My first reaction: How did he zoom only a part of this image; then I thought maybe Cardinal had just crunched a seed of some kind, with snow on it, causing snow to "explode"?

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 8, 2015 at 10:38 PM

Really cool action shot, Scott! As for the source of the "snow spray" I would tend to agree with Jim. After seeing all the snow on its beak, I wonder if it picked up a snow-covered seed and made it spray when it crunched.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 9, 2015 at 8:24 AM

Cool shot. Not sure how this happened, but I'm glad you captured it.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 10, 2015 at 5:04 AM

Strange, but great ! Wish you had posted a larger version though. It looks awesome in any case

, cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 11, 2015 at 8:02 PM

Well Scott, this is very unusual and love it when you open a capture and find surprises.

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