Peek-A-Boo Pileated Woodpecker.

[Daniel Cadieux]

A love-it-or-hate-it type image, but fun to try stuff when you already have tons of images of a certain species. This lady was playing shy with me, but kept peeking out from behind the tree long enough to compose and focus. Most of the times she peeked it was from a different height, so I still had to be quick enough to find her in the viewfinder!

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, original vertical but small crop to help the comp.

[David Roach]

Love that it is sharp on the subject/eye, the just right OOF trees to define environment further, leaving some virtual room for unseen part of subject and the wood chips in the beak. TFS

ps Great inquisitive look...

[kevin Hice]

Looks good Daniel . I wish just for a little more of the head. But it was what offered.I really like the red on these guys and wish for more. TFS

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

I think it is a fun image. Def. get a feeling of curiosity . Nice job on the red crest, so easy to blow that out.

TFS

Randy

[gail bisson]

I like this! Cool POV and image design.
Simple but it works. Great BG.
Whites and reds are exposed perfectly.
Gail

[John Mack]

I like this. This is how i usually see these guys. Just a glimpse.

[Volkan Akgul]

hi Daniel, good comp and detail. congratulations