Northern Flicker.

[Karl Egressy]

We have been watching this pair for a while as they decided to carve out a nest hole where we stand around and hope for an other
nesting woodpecker to fly in or out.
The angle is steep so much so that I can only take a few images and have a break.
The nest hole is more or less ready to move in. Took only a few days work for the couple.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5DM
Canon 500 Mark II +1.4x Mark III.
ISO 640
f6.3
1/2000 s

[Joseph Przybyla]

A beauty Karl, lovely image. Thank you for sharing.

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Nicely balanced composition for a woodpecker, 1/3 trunk,1/3 bird, 1/3 bg.

Sharp, well exposed, nice head angle

Could you use a monopod to take some of the strain off?

Cheers

Randy

[Tim Harding]

An excellent capture Karl. You've captured the colour subtleties beautifully. Well presented. Looks like you had some harsh light but you dealt with it well. Thanks for sharing.

[Diane Miller]

What a beautiful bird, great composition, sharpness and detail!

[christopher galeski]

nice one Karl,sharp with good detail,like the colors,pleasant light.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks good Karl, it does not look steep. Well balanced comp, and the tree is particularly appealing. Hopefully in a bit you will get baby flicker heads poking out!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, lovely light, and you have captured excellent feather detail. I like the overall colours, and nicely posed against the sky BG.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, pose, details and composition. Very well done Karl.

[Lorant Voros]

Very nicely done...I don't find the angle steep. Track sharp, nice light and interesting trunk. Well done.