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Published: 2010-10-07 07:37:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 615; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 0
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First shot from Hawaii;
I was at Hanauma Bay for the day and after snorkelling
for a while I went to photograph some of the wildlife
out of the water. While photographing some mongooses
I noticed this Northern Cardinal fly over head and imidiately
began shooting him instead. He landed here in this beautiful
light and in the fourth shot I already had the best that I was
going to get, I still followed him around for about a half hour
trying to get a better until he flew away.
I'm extremely happy with this shot

Camera:
Pentax k100d
Lens:
Sigma 70-300mm f/4
Support:
Handheld
Bird:
Northern Cardinal

Editing:
Levels, curves, brightness, vibrance, sharpen.



This photograph is ©2010 to Nathan van Dyk and may NOT be used or reproduced in any way with out written consent from Nathan van Dyk

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Comments: 5

game-breaker [2010-10-09 07:29:23 +0000 UTC]

Excellent, striking capture of the bird Nathan, well done!

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mental3pal In reply to game-breaker [2010-10-10 00:07:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Kate

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momrocks2 [2010-10-07 20:48:14 +0000 UTC]

Awesome picture! I have been wanting to get a picture of a Cardinal for quite some time now!

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mental3pal In reply to momrocks2 [2010-10-07 20:52:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks I never thought that I would see a cardinal let alone get to photograph one, hope you have as much luck as me when you see one!

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momrocks2 In reply to mental3pal [2010-10-08 02:17:37 +0000 UTC]

Dude thanks. I hope so too.

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