Just as I was complaining about having nothing colorful to shoot, this beautiful male cardinal shows up at one of our feeders: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/2/14/winter-cardinal K-r, Tamron AF 75-300 mm F 4-5.8 LD Tele-Macro, on a tripod, in the freezing cold. Comments, criticisms, suggestions and abuse are all invited and appreciated. Dan Matyola

> On Feb 14, 2021, at 1:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmatyola@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just as I was complaining about having nothing colorful to shoot, this > beautiful male cardinal shows up at one of our feeders: > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/2/14/winter-cardinal > > K-r, Tamron AF 75-300 mm F 4-5.8 LD Tele-Macro, on a tripod, in the > freezing cold. > Comments, criticisms, suggestions and abuse are all invited and appreciated. That’s great. He’s a lot prettier than the juncos and towhees that I’ve been photographing. > > Dan Matyola > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com

Well done! I’d like to get out and shoot some birds , but it’s damn cold and there’s more than a foot of snow on the ground. Paul > On Feb 15, 2021, at 7:49 PM, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: > >  > >> On Feb 14, 2021, at 1:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmatyola@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Just as I was complaining about having nothing colorful to shoot, this >> beautiful male cardinal shows up at one of our feeders: >> >> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/2/14/winter-cardinal >> >> K-r, Tamron AF 75-300 mm F 4-5.8 LD Tele-Macro, on a tripod, in the >> freezing cold. >> Comments, criticisms, suggestions and abuse are all invited and appreciated. > > That’s great. He’s a lot prettier than the juncos and towhees that I’ve been photographing. > > >> >> Dan Matyola >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> > > -- > Larry Colen > lrc@red4est.com > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Thanks, Paul! We have more than a foot of snow on the ground here, and the temps have been consistently below freezing until today. I grabbed a "Woodpecker block" when getting groceries. I put on my best boots, and troughed out in the backyard, following the trail my dog blazed, and hung it on the only limb I could reach, using the step stool I carried with me. A day later, MR Cardinal, in his fiery red coat, appeared, but only for a few minutes. I dragged my old camera, already on the tripod, out to the least icy part of my rear deck (next to the icicles I have been photographing), and got a half dozen snaps before he moved on. The two you see are the only ones even close to usable. Dan Matyola On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 7:40 AM Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@mac.com> wrote: > Well done! I’d like to get out and shoot some birds , but it’s damn cold > and there’s more than a foot of snow on the ground. > > Paul > > > On Feb 15, 2021, at 7:49 PM, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: > > > >  > > > >> On Feb 14, 2021, at 1:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmatyola@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Just as I was complaining about having nothing colorful to shoot, this > >> beautiful male cardinal shows up at one of our feeders: > >> > >> > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/2/14/winter-cardinal > >> > >> K-r, Tamron AF 75-300 mm F 4-5.8 LD Tele-Macro, on a tripod, in the > >> freezing cold. > >> Comments, criticisms, suggestions and abuse are all invited and > appreciated. > > > > That’s great. He’s a lot prettier than the juncos and towhees that I’ve > been photographing. > > > > > >> > >> Dan Matyola > >> -- > >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > >> > > > > -- > > Larry Colen > > lrc@red4est.com > > > > > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.