So I've been staking out this mulberry tree for about 7 straight mornings since seeing new young cardinals being fed by their parents there.

Unfortunately, for 7 straight mornings, the birds (first cardinals and now robins) know exactly where the good lighting is and avoid it at all costs. Getting both the parent and baby out in the open at the same time has been virtually impossible.

I'm just about done and the cardinals are gone. So this is all I got to show for it (nope, not a single cardinal pair).

I know the feeling Loupey. I bet I logged around 15-20 hours sitting and watching the badger hole over the last month or so. I ended up with about a dozen photos, and only saw the badgers for about 90 seconds the entire time. Very frustraiting when you have good light, and nothing to shoot in it. It makes me wonder what other shots I could have had elswhere while I was watching the badger hole. Oh well, I did end up with a couple shots I really like. I still think it was worth the effort tho!

I think that experiences like this make us better photographers, and they help to motivate me to do better the next time.

I DEFINITELY know the pain brother!!! :-)

Maybe someday I'll get that particular. :p In the meantime, I'll continue enjoying the photos that you aren't that thrilled with.

Nice to see im not the only one that gets frustrated at times lmao:D i have deleted everything off my camera for the last seven days .

I think that experiences like this make us better photographers, and they help to motivate me to do better the next time.

Better to try and found out than to never have tried at all (I've heard something like that somewhere else :p ). As long as we learn from it (even if it wasn't about photography), it can't be "wrong". Besides, getting hours to think by yourself is very refreshing IMO.

Canon Bob - I can imagine the number of hours you probably have logged in your blind. Thanks for looking :)

Minnesota scroller - it's a by-product of this type of photography. One can only take so many images of the same subject doing the same thing. The passion pushes us to get more selective :thumbsup: You'll see.

Knight - it is funny how sometimes I'll keep a few new ho-hum images on the memory card just because they're new. Then, all of the sudden, something "better" comes up and I instantly "erase all" and start shooting. You just never know.