Flash of Red, originally uploaded by Troy And Naomi.

Today I spent a bit of time outside with my camera and my new monopod (Its sweet!). I was trying to get a shot of a male Cardinal in the tree, but it suddenly took off. The bird is totally out of focus, but I thought the effect was neat.

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I was able to also get this photo of a female Cardinal behind the house.

See more photographs of cardinals and other birds at www.troyjohnstone.com/bird_photography/

Double Halo, originally uploaded by Troy And Naomi.

Last night the sky was almost clear.. almost. There was just enough high altitude clouds made up of ice crystals to create a beautiful halo around the moon. For awhile there was actually two rings.. it was quite spectacular. There were also some students out with their cameras and tripods capturing this rare event.