Young Male Hairy Woodpecker

[Joel Eade]

From a back yard set up

1DX
700mm
ISO 1600
f/6.3
1/800
Manual mode, no flash

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very good job on the set up Joel!
Love the dark look of this image with soft light and a nice species. You chose a log with a lot of character and gave the bird just the right amount of space. Very nice one.
There is one small dust bunny on top left. I always check my images at 100% after NR just to make sure there are no surprises!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice perch you used here, lots of character and interesting lines and crevices and fungus. Perhaps a wee bit dark in the deeper crevices, but still pretty neat. I'd be tempted to crop a sliver off the left to hide the fungus that is touching the edge of the frame. Subject looks good, well detailed, and well exposed. Perfect head angle. Good BG.

[Marina Scarr]

You have done a fabulous job photographing my nemesis pecker. Absolutely LOVE your perch and BG. You could not have asked for a better pose on the bird and its tootsies. Really well done!!!

[Tim King]

Perfect...

[Joseph Przybyla]

A beauty Joel, thank you for sharing.

[adrian dancy]

All looks good to me.

[Joe Subolefsky]

Very nice love the detail. I would take out the white bumps on the left edge of the frame.

[vishaljadhav]

I like the image, on the placement i may like more greens than the bark currently the bark somehow overpowers the frame , saying that the bird looks fantastic and very full of details.