Too old for childhood;
too young for raising children.
Blurry persona.
Like many juvenile birds, this male cardinal sat still and looked befuddled, then changed position a little, and then sat still and looked befuddled. With his face centered in the focus frame and a moderately fast shutter speed, he should have been in focus. My camera’s autofocus probably got distracted by the twigs all around him. While my camera has good manual overrides for most of its automatic choices, its manual focusing is a lame joke. So I made lemonade from lemons with the final line of my haiku.
– Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, –
– above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
– above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
Mellow Curmudgeon 
Still cute. 😁
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A surly looking blurry persona.
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He so fuzzy red bird.Anita
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Birds look so comical in their in-between stage.
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I missed the old mechanical 35mm cameras where you line up the two halves of the circle on what you’d like to b in focus. However, I don’t miss loading film and paying for it for just a handful of shots. Nevertheless, your cardinal is a cutie-pie!
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