Theme: Inclement Weather

[jack williamson]

I have had almost 16 inches of rain in my yard since tuesday afternoon from Isaac. This is a limb blown down in the yard, I threw seed out and the soaked birds came.
D700, 300mm, 1.4 tc, tripod. 1/160, f7.1, iso1000. Adjusted WB, sat in ACR. Cropped, S/H, USM in CS3.

[arash_hazeghi]

great pose details and a nice BG

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very nice and clean image. Nice catchlight too. I don't see these images every day, it's a nice change. Thanks for sharing!

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of wet bird with nice composition.Very simple and sweet.
Love the details in colors,perch and BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[Marina Scarr]

This poor cardinal looks pretty rough and what a perfect capture for the theme this month. Good thinking on the set up with the downed branch from the storm. It's nice for a change to not see the perfect-looking bird with a bird with character and strength that has endured through a hurricane.

[jack williamson]

Thanks for taking the time to comment folks.

Jack

[dankearl]

That is about the saddest bird I have ever seen.
Very nice, Jack, hope you survived the hurricane in good shape!

[jack williamson]

Thanks Dan, we made it through the storm OK. The rain total from tuesday-friday was 20 inches.

Jack