red-bellied woodpecker with jessamine #9680

[Joel Arrington]

Canon 40D, 1/250 @ f/13, ISO 800, pattern metering mode, focal length 400mm, flash fill with Beamer

[Robert O'Toole]

Like the image, looks sharp and the yellow flowers are nice, but the dark BG makes the image look like you used a studio BG.

Also is there a flash hot spot? Looks like it on the perch, or was this done in PS?. Finally the plant branch on the birds back is distracting and I wish it wasnt there.

Robert

[Jim Poor]

The lightened center, whether done with flash or in PS is overdone to my eyes and really kills the rest of what could be a really nice image.

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice image except to the light effect, it looks a bit exaggerated.