Red Bellied Woodpecker

[Joel Eade]

From my yard set up

1DX
700mm
Manual mode, evaluative metering
ISO 1600
f/5.6
1/800
580 EXII + BetterBeamer ETTL -3 stops

[John Robinson]

Hi Joel
You Americans with your super duper birds !! Not fair !
Great shot - and my favourite pose- back on with head turn. Love it.
JohnR

[gary ellwein]

Joel, another great image from your back yard set up. I also like the pose. The clean bg with graduated luminosity is pleasing. The low level fill light must have done the trick with good exposure and no flash effect.

[Ian Wilson]

The dorsal view, head turn and soft graded background work well to really show this bird at its best. Very nice work.
Cheers, Ian

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful and colorful image.