Hairy Woodpecker - male

[Daniel Cadieux]

I've been concentrating on our common resident birds lately (birds that do not migrate and spend the whole year with us.) Every spring-summer-fall they get pushed back while we concentrate on the migrants. This image was taken near a feeder setup. I scouted for the best bark-BG combo and then spread a bit of peanut butter in the crevices of the bark to attract the woodpeckers to that chosen spot. Here is one of the resulting images.

Canon 40D + 100-400L @285mm, aperture priority, eval metering, 1/250s., f/6.3, ISO 640, +0.3 EC (metred on bark and histogram checked), natural light, handheld.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_HairyWoodpecker_3195-01.jpg

[Rene' Villela]

Seems like a really well thought plan with great results! Nice pose, great detail, very good lighting and really nice BG. Job well done! Cheers!

[Scott Grant]

quite a beautiful image Daniel. :)

[Alfred Forns]

Like it a lot Danial Love the careful planning !!!!

[bill kominsky]

You get no nits from me Daniel on any thing you post, as with this great thought and it shows, thank you for sharing.

Bill

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the pose,details and composition!!!

[Nagesh Mula]

Beautiful Daniel!! Loved the pose and sharpness.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like this a lot, great details, angle, pose, eye contact and BG.

[Stephen Stephen]

Very nice Dan, You got him before he got peanut butter on his bill! :-)

[Dave Phillips]

seems to have all the "good" elements Daniel......nice alert pose, love the eye contact
Do miss the tail feathers

[denise ippolito]

Great detail and BG!

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent feather detail Daniel, and this is super sharp, and you have exposed the colours, especially the blacks and whites perfectly. Great image.

[Tony Whitehead]

Great result for your careful planning, Dan. Love the detail and pose.

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb details, BG and pose of this woody. I love the fantastic rendering of the white flank feather. I love it!