Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Vibrant Vermilion

The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) stands out vividly in winter white.

  Contributor to:    ABC Wednesday    Wild Bird Wednesday     Weekly Top Shot

25 comments:

Sylvia K said...

Gorgeous bird, incredible capture as always, Raf!! What a bright and beautiful way to begin my day!! Hope your week is going well!!

Small City Scenes said...

What a pretty bird. How i wish we had them out here. Great shot, Raf.
MB

Gordon said...

The colour is so vibrant against the white backgroung, great photo.
All the best Gordon.

Darcie (My Modern Country) said...

Stunning shot! This should be a Christmas card :) I hopped over from WBW.

Beth L said...

Vivid Color. I hope he finds some place warmer and out of the snow.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Hi Wow! What a brilliant color of this lovely. Bird.

Esther Joy said...

Is that frost on his little feet?!!! Beautiful photo!

MaR said...

Vibrant and fantastic shot of a gorgeous little bird!!

V is for ...

LOLfromPasa said...

A stunner. Great for V and beautiful for Christmas!

eileeninmd said...

Gorgeous capture of the male Cardinal. He is pretty!

Red Nomad OZ said...

LOVE that RED!! But his (her??) feet look a bit cold!!!

Anonymous said...

Nice shot of one beautiful bird!

Anonymous said...

beautiful click. wondering how it is managing frost bites

Unknown said...

He's gorgeous!

Anonymous said...

Stunning shot!

Roger Owen Green said...

Visually most pleasing. Vivid!

ROG, ABCW

Robyn said...

I love the snow on the cardinals feet!

Anonymous said...

Vibrant cardinal photo ~ Wow! ~ thanks,carol, xxx

Karen said...

Cardinals are a treat to the eye in the winter. Lovely shot!

Mei Ann Guerrero said...

I really live the vivid red against the white canvass! and look at the snow on the bird's claws - it looked like the the little one is wearing booties!

Lmkazmierczak said...

Gorgeous and eye catching! Have a wonder filled weekend♪ http://lauriekazmierczak.com/night-pixels/

Laura said...

Bright and beautiful!

Pat said...

What a great shot of that beautiful bird!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for coming by sharing your creative photography on the Weekly Top Shot, #113!

Irene said...

Stunning bird shot! What an awesome color!

Irene