Woodpecker

[Alex Becker]

Hi all,

Woodpecker taken a feeder set up a couple weeks back. Slight crop, NR. Had to downsize a decent amount to get under the 600 Kb so not sure if that's impacted detail / the background.

Camera: Nikon D500
Lens: 200-500 at 450mm
Specs: 1/640 f/5.6 ISO 2500.

Thanks for looking and commenting on prior posts!
Alex

[Paul Burdett]

Hi Alex: Works for me...really like the composition, SH, BG and detail.

[Tim Foltz]

Alex, nice and clean, nice BG, nice exposure, good job.

-Tim

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and details. the shooting angle is great and not steep as we often see with the woodies, I like the moss on the tree trunk too. I'd put a bit more space below and subtract from the space above

TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Alex, nice bird, the black and whites look good on my display. I like the old craggy perch with the Lichens. I think Ari's suggestion is a good one with less above and more below if you have it. Thank you for viewing.

[gail bisson]

Good solid image of this female( hairy or downy ?) woodpecker.
My first thought when I opened the image up was that you had too much space above.
IQ excellent and exposure on the whites and blacks look great.
Gail

[Isaac Grant]

Nice looking shot Alex. Great perch and details are nice. Agree re the composition. And this is a Downy, note the beak that is smaller than the head.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Great capture of this beauty, Alex. Very nice handling of the blacks and whites. Couldn't ask for a better perch or background. Agree with suggested cropping.

Geoffrey




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[John Mack]

Classic woodpecker pose. Nice to see the kick stand tail. The background is great. Perch is nice as well.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good looking female against a nice BG. The perch is quite beautiful - I'd try a version with less sharpening on it though (or none at all). I say this because the nature of the fine details on that perch make it look sharper than the bird, even though I know it is not.

[David Salem]

Solid frame for sure!! One of your best IMO. Everything is perfect. I agree with the comp suggestions but looks nice as is too. Well done Alex

[Arthur Morris]

I like everything about this excellent and technically perfect image but for the design. I'd crop from the left and from above to get a lot closer to 2X3. With maybe a sliver off the right to that end.

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[Alex Becker]

Thanks all, much appreciated. I'll take a look at the crop as I do have more below. Daniel, great point about the sharpening, I hadn't thought of that. I was pretty happy when I found a couple of these perches with a lot of lichen / moss on them, and was thrilled when the birds cooperated. Thanks again all, best,