WOW!!! I never even see this many at one time in any of the nature preserves!! What the heck do you feed them to attract so many cardinals and blue jays too??? I have tried everything and have never been able to attract a woodpecker or blue jay! I only get one female and one male cardinal, a few chickadees, finches etc. ...oh, and of course the rodents with the furry tails!
My one very lonely cardinal ...
IMG_9946 by Denise Trocio, on Flickr
Joel,
I've been trying to learn post processing and made the updates below in PSE 10 to improve the highlight details. What do you think?
Dave
2012_02_05_2664 by dthrog00, on Flickr
Last edited by Dave Throgmartin; 03-04-2012 at 03:28 PM. Reason: fixed spelling
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I buy these 50lb bags of peanut pickouts (I assume peanuts that failed some sort of inspection for human consumption) from a local Prairieland Feeds store. I also buy 40lb bags of black oil sunflower. I feed them daily unless we're away.
Here's a closer shot showing the peanut pickouts.
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I was in Louisville yesterday helping a friend with a photo shoot at the Kentucky Special Olympics State Basketball Tournament. I had some time in the late afternoon to stop at a city park that usually has some nice ducks.
ID MKIV
500mm hand held
ISO 800
f/7.1
1/800
Boat Tailed Grackle
1D MKIV
500mm
ISO 800
f/6.3
1/800
I'm not claiming this is that great of a picture, but it does have a natural looking perch! I put it up last weekend... wire tied a branch near my deck. I should come up something better later, but this is a start. We didn't have any sun the whole weekend hence the bad lighting.
2012_03_03_3221_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
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