Downy

[john crookes]

downy woodpecker on a dead tree in upper Maine photographed while hiding seeds in the many nooks and crevises

Nikon D3
600mm with 1.7 extender
1/25th of a sec
400 iso
f 6.7

tripod

[Doug Brown]

Hi John! Love the tree trunk and the deep green BG. It's a challenge photographing woodpeckers at 1/25. Their heads seem like they're always moving. I think that's the issue with this photo. You've got a little motion blur. Also, some of the whites seem hot on my monitor. Thanks for posting!

[Sudhir Shivaram]

Hi John,

You have got a wonderful subject in good pose with complementing background. But it appears soft on my monitor. Some of the whites appears over exposed. But I like that glitter in the eye.

Rgds,
Sudhir

[Stephen Stephen]

I like the head cock John. The hot whites have already been mentioned.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Lovely composition and great pose. I do agree with the above comments about the whites being a tad hot. Many thanls for sharing John.