downy woodpecker

annmpacheco · Apr 26, 2019

annmpacheco
2019
NIKON D850 Ver.1.02

This was taken in my yard as the woodpecker landed on some entwined bittersweet (invasive), from my kitchen window (portable blind!) It has been dark skies for an extended period of time and i am shooting at high ISO's 1600 here, slower shutter speeds and looser apertures than i prefer but prioritizing noise... Very flat light, some secondary feather motion, some noise, and the trailing oof upper twine isn't ideal, but it is what i had. Hope you like this sparky handsome male! Someone send some good light please!

Nothing cloned, cropped.

D 850
850mm

ISO 1600
5.6
1/320

Dorian Anderson · Apr 26, 2019

Beautiful pose with perfectly raised crest! Engaging look and facial details are great - soft light helped you there! Wish you'd been at f/8, but you were up against the shutter and ISO already.

Another Canon defector, sigh.......

annmpacheco · Apr 26, 2019

Dorian Anderson said:
Beautiful pose with perfectly raised crest! Engaging look and facial details are great - soft light helped you there! Wish you'd been at f/8, but you were up against the shutter and ISO already.

Another Canon defector, sigh.......

All in the quest for image quality: betrayer,[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]double-crosser,[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]quisling,[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]traitor,[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]traitress[FONT=&quot] ([/FONT]or traitoress[FONT=&quot])[/FONT],[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]turnabout,[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]turncoat[FONT=&quot]abandoner, come-outer, dropout, leaver
Thanks for your comment Dorian.[/FONT]

David Roach · Apr 26, 2019

Tough self critique aside(as expected from you), you have a beautiful canvas here. Love the raised crest, look back, SH right where it needs to be, perch, BG and composition. Besides, it's my favorite woody...

ps
Wait, what... I thought with Nikon you could go to 10x that ISO with no fear of noise whatsoever...:w3

Seriously, looking forward to the magic you will create with the new rig.

Joseph Przybyla · Apr 26, 2019

A beauty, Ann. Love everything in the image. Wish it were mine. Thank you for sharing.

gail bisson · Apr 26, 2019

Lovely! The Nikon is doing good things for you!
Enjoy the new gear! And sending a few prayers your way for some sun.
Love the perch, raised crest and IQ,
Gail

John Mack · Apr 26, 2019

Nice to see the downy on a perch instead of a tree trunk. The background is great. Like the raised feathers on the head.

Paul Burdett · Apr 27, 2019

Nothing more to add to the comments already given. I'm jealous that you are able to see such birds from your "hide". My visitors tend to be Noisy Miners:
https://www.backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/noisy-miner
Magpies and Crows.

Mike Poole · Apr 27, 2019

Nice simple view of the woody that's been well executed. Looks like some good old British style settings for this one!

Mike

arash_hazeghi · Apr 29, 2019

pretty frame of the Downy, I like the pose and the BG. good details too. agree with f/8 to get more DOF

TFS

Arthur Morris · May 3, 2019

Love the BKGR, the head turn, and the raised crest. I am fine with the d-o-f as is. Those tail tips are a mess

with love, artie

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