Woodpecker

[John Zimmerman]

I forget which kind of Woodpecker this is (at the moment too lazy to look it up). Looking forward to comments.

Canon 1Ds Mark II
500mm + 1.4 = 700mm
Flash: 580 -2/3
ISO 400
F 6.3
1/640

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice, John. To save you a moment, it looks like a hairy woodpecker. :) Exposure looks good, it is just a bit tight in the frame and on my monitor it has a slight blue cast. Maybe a bit more sharpening.

[Jacqui Hendry]

I wonder why they call it a Hairy Woodpecker?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I wonder why they call it a Hairy Woodpecker?

Good question. Maybe because the plumage around the beak is not as downy as that of the downy woodpecker. :)

[Jacqui Hendry]

LOL......

You know I have never noticed the plumage around the beak !

How rubbbish am I :-)

J

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very lovely image John with a good pose and exposure and placed well in the frame. INits mentioned.
Thanks for sharing.

[Linda Robbins]

Black and white birds present a challenge for exposure, but you did a great job in this image. Axel mentioned the nits.

[Arthur Morris]

Under arrest: HAP! (The head angle police...) The bird's head is facing away... This in part leads to apparent sharpness issues with the head and face. Agree on the blue cast. Basic COMP is good but pointing the camera a bit to the right would have given you the classic 1/3-1/3-1/3 COMP: 1/3 tree, 1/3 bird, 1/3 background.

later and love, artie