Red-bellied Woodpecker

[Troy Lim]

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I was waiting for flight shots and got this one after it landed. Did not have time to change the settings as he was sticking out his tongue a lot.
1/1000, f/10, ISO3200, 840mm

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the blushing colours, and the faint barring on the belly near the leg. Good vertical comp, I would only try to slightly darken the big pale area of the BG at left.

[christopher galeski]

nice image,like the pose,and BG,tongue sticking out a bonus,nice light good details.

[David Salem]

Great looking subject and the pose with the tongue sticking out is nice. The techs look perfect and the detail is wonderful. I like the soft colors on this shot. A different perch and a nice BG round off a pleasing frame. Agree with Daniel on the BG. Well done

[Laurent Staes]

Nice shot, I agree with christopher. I would change the composition a bit though, the bird more to the upper left corner and maybe extend canvas a bit, to have more room in the direction of the birds view.

Laurent

[vishaljadhav]

Great image here Troy
superb details and i like the BG too
the colours look so great all over

[Jeannean Ryman]

I love the "sticking out my tongue at you" photo ops the woodpeckers do sometimes. Nice color, head turn and background. I like the comp as is.

[gail bisson]

Love that tongue sticking out!ISO 3200? Wow! Are you a Canon or Nikon guy?
Good comp but would like a sliver more on the left and to the top or bottom to keep nice vertical ratio.
Excellent IQ as well,
gail

[Troy Lim]

Thank you all. The BG is the distance oak tree. This is the evening shoot, the position of the nest is not in my favor.

[Randy Stout]

Troy:
Agree with Daniel about white spots on bg, bird is excellent. As suggested, I might add a bit of canvas on left,at the risk of going a bit boxy on the crop.

Cheers

Randy

[mohammad reza shahab]

excellent pose,perch & nice light good details.