What makes Cardinals so hard to photograph is that, not only are they tiny compared to Robins which are in every nook and cranny of the yard, but they are also extremely skittish.
I guess if I were tiny like that I’d be flighty too. In fact, I oftentimes catch myself “flying” away from the first sign of trouble. Perhaps I am a cardinal myself in that sense. I lament this feeling but I also look at it this way: If I’m a cardinal, then I can always be in the running to be the Pope should there ever come a day. Ok, I’m just being stupid, forgive my jokes.
I’m always glad, nevertheless, to have the opportunity to photograph these strikingly photogenic birds, but it’s tough to get a really good shot of them. To top it off, in this instance, I realized that my shutter speed was too slow in relation to the lens’ focal length – the worst kind of fundamental mistake a photographer could make. A cardinal sin, if you will. I know, this is strike two. 😆
Maybe one day, just one day…I’ll get a really good photo of a cardinal.
And who knows?
A good picture of the Pope.
I’ll show myself to the door now lol 😌
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