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Bill Dix
02-15-2011, 10:33 AM
My local red-belly moved into a sweet patch of light near my suet feeder just for an instant yesterday morning, as I was set up for other birds. Saw him coming just in time to rotate the lens to vertical and get him almost full-frame (lost a bit when I rotated the image to straighten the leaning tree). C&C appreciated.

D90 | 500f4 + 1.4x | ISO 800 | 1/4000s @ f5.6 | -0.7 EV | monopod
Doug Brown
02-15-2011, 10:45 AM
Nice alert pose and excellent sharpness. Exposure looks good. A very nice frame.
RichardCurtin
02-15-2011, 11:19 AM
Very nice image. Sharp, good position and eye contact. Might possibly benefit from adjusting the lighter and shadowed areas of the tree to decrease the contrast.
Kiran Poonacha
02-15-2011, 11:52 AM
Nicely done Bill, Loved the soft light and colors here..
Kaustubh Deshpande
02-15-2011, 12:17 PM
Awesome shot, Bill. Perfect woodpecker comp, great details and loved the light here.
Fred Canter
02-15-2011, 12:50 PM
Beautiful light and composition, really like the level the photo was made at. It seems difficult to get these birds at any level but very high above the camera.
Peter Farrell
02-15-2011, 02:59 PM
Very nice, Bill. Great lighting, colors and detail. Good shooting angle as well I agree with Richard on the tree trunk.
Peter

Please critique my image, I need all the help I can get:S3:
Grace Scalzo
02-15-2011, 03:42 PM
Beautiful, pleasing image, Bill. I love the eye and the nice feather details.
Arthur Morris
02-15-2011, 07:10 PM
Hey Bill, Just for the record books, your images and your processing skills have improved tremendously; I am proud of you. Love the bird, the SH, and the BKGR. And you did a great job handling the somewhat filtered light (on the trunk).

If it were mine I would clean the white stuff off the bill.
AlvanBuckley
02-15-2011, 07:55 PM
Looks great Bill. Love the detail.
TFS
Bill Dix
02-15-2011, 08:00 PM
Hey Bill, Just for the record books, your images and your processing skills have improved tremendously; I am proud of you. Love the bird, the SH, and the BKGR. And you did a great job handling the somewhat filtered light (on the trunk).

If it were mine I would clean the white stuff off the bill.

Thank you Artie. I've learned a tremendous amount from you and all the folks at BPN over the past two years, and continue to learn every day. I'm in your debt.
Bill Dix
02-15-2011, 08:01 PM
Thank you all for your kind comments and helpful suggestions. I appreciate it.
Ofer Levy
02-16-2011, 04:02 AM
Excellent shot! Won't mind seeing some more room top and bottom.
arash_hazeghi
02-17-2011, 12:45 AM
Excellent Bill, I have also seen a big improvement in the quality of your work, 500VR sure has changed your life!
Bill Dix
02-18-2011, 09:42 AM
Excellent Bill, I have also seen a big improvement in the quality of your work, 500VR sure has changed your life!

Thank you, Arash. Your work has been an inspiration to me. And the 500 hasn't hurt either. :S3: