Northern barred Woodcreeper

[Richard Unsworth]

:w3

Puerto Viejo Costa Rica, November

One of a series taken at an Ant Swarm which is known to associate with, common in the lowland forests and gardens (lol)

7D 100-400 @ 400 f 5.6 1/160 HH, Ev +.33 ISO 800
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[Sidharth Kodikal]

Gorgeous bird, nice pose and sharpness. I'd crop a bit from the right. Wish the leaf in the LLC wasn't there.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi Sid

yeah that leaf is weird it should have fallen off!:t3
thanks for comment, thought about that crop
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[Michael Rominger Jr]

Good work HH Richard! Interesting looking bird! Shame about the leaf as mentioned but we take what we can get sometimes and I know I would take it. Like the BG and overall colors. Sharpness looks good too. I'm ok with the space to the right but I possibly would take a touch of the bottom if it were mine.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful image overall...love the pose!! Bummer about the leaf, that is just bad luck. Lovely BG, I would just tone down the brighter area at bottom. I'd also crop some left to hide the vertical reddish stem (and a bit at right to give it a 3:2 ratio). Awesome IQ Richard, well done!

[Lorant Voros]

What a bird and what a pose. IQ is amazing. Indeed bummer for the leaf and agree about the cropping suggestions.

[christopher galeski]

agree on sugestions all ready mentioned,but a very nice image.well done.

[Richard Unsworth]

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Thanks all

cropped as suggested, hope not too tight and toned down bg lower a little

let me know