20100710 002 Northern Cardinal xxx.jpg by Hank Vander Velde

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09-JUL-2010	Hank v/d Velde

20100710 002 Northern Cardinal xxx.jpg

My Backyard

Three Images:

This young Cardinal performs a progressive shake-down after just having taken a bath. First it shakes up the rear end and body, next the head and "Voila", we're dry. Well almost.

Top image. Doing the rear end and body shake.

Now the head shake.

"There, that feels better, don't you think."

Nikon D300S ,Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/125s f/6.3 at 420.0mm iso320 full exif

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January Grey		20-Jul-2010 03:25
Cute series, Hank! Pretty bird, even when wet!

Jean D		20-Jul-2010 00:50
Excellent series, Hank!

slhoornstra		19-Jul-2010 23:46
Bravo for such excellent captures, and the narrative is an extra treat, sort of like sunflower seeds :):):) VVV

Lieve Snellings		19-Jul-2010 23:10
sooooooo beautiful Hank !

Stan Wojick		19-Jul-2010 22:37
Funny sequence Hank

Maja Waiss		19-Jul-2010 22:21
Great! V

Lamar Nix		19-Jul-2010 21:12
The nuances in focus and depth used to perfection.

Simon Chandler		19-Jul-2010 19:11
Excellent series. Love the beautiful setting. Interesting and lively expression captured. v

Jay Levin		19-Jul-2010 17:57
Three excellent captures, Hank. Very nice series.

Nora van Beek		19-Jul-2010 17:24
Great job on these, Hank! Excellent use of motion blur to give us a sense of the action. Cute bird, too.

Marjan Schavemaker		19-Jul-2010 16:34
Nice pictures again, Hank!

Carol Rollins		19-Jul-2010 14:29
Nice captures of this young Cardinal, Hank. ~

jychamberland		19-Jul-2010 14:25
very nice capture Hank!

Guest		19-Jul-2010 13:51
Super shot of this beautiful bird ,v

Bartosz Kotulski		19-Jul-2010 12:08
lovely set of 3. like the middle one a lot. perfect timing and effect Bartosz

lou_rozensteins		19-Jul-2010 10:14
Beautiful spin dry shots. Very well done.

CM Kwan		19-Jul-2010 09:19
Excellent, I love the second picture very much! V

Ali Majdfar		19-Jul-2010 05:19
Splendid captures! ~V

Bryan Murahashi		19-Jul-2010 05:16
Wonderful captures of its spin dry sequence. Always enjoy their colors after a bath.

NealyBob		19-Jul-2010 03:46
He's bound to feel better after all that shaking! Great series Hank~!

larose forest photos		19-Jul-2010 03:29
Terrific capture of this activity. I have tried and failed to take similar photos. Very, very nice.

Tom Munson		19-Jul-2010 03:26
Another wonderful series, Hank! Great work!

hge54		19-Jul-2010 02:59
Fantastic set,Hank. The shutter speed was perfect to capture the action.

Guest		19-Jul-2010 02:55
Great set, Hank.

Robert Houde		19-Jul-2010 02:50
Great action shots Hank.

Jim Coffman		19-Jul-2010 02:29
Wow, I thought she was going to twist her neck off. Nice work,Hank!

an nguyen		19-Jul-2010 02:12
Your back yard is sure a Paradise place for nature and beautiful creatures.

reflectionsofnature		19-Jul-2010 02:04
Well captured motion blur on the first two shots.

Guest		19-Jul-2010 02:01
Shake, shake... great shots. v

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