Song Birds

The past few days I've watched many new birds stopping by for a snack. I have been busy with getting the yard and sanctuary ready for spring. This morning I took a few moment to hone some of my skills. I have moved the feeders a little closer to my perch in an effort to make up for the 1.6 crop factor difference between my Canon 7d and my 5dmiii. I'm enjoying it. I also took the blue bird house and mounted it to an old metal pole from a swimming pool we had. It is also closer. But it's positioned where it should attract more blue birds. The pole itself is not easy for predators to climb. I am going to print this image. I'm am so pleased with the sharpness and the over all composition of the image. This is shot on the 5dmiii and Tamron 150x600 at 500 mm manual mode f/8 ISO 800 resulting in a shutter speed of 1/500 of a second. On top of my Sirui N3204x Tripod and PH-20 Gimbal head. As always carried in Lowepro Back Pack and Peak design Accesories.  I think I will print this on Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique Ink Jet Paper.  

Female Northern Cardinal at the "Stick"