Hairy Woodpecker

Back yard set up
1DX
700mm
tripod and gimbal
Manual mode, spot metering
ISO 3200
f/5.6
1/800

Nice setting, beauty background and nice head turn.

Perfect pose and comp. I'm seeing a dark halo on the bg near the breast.

Classic woodpecker pose and nice detail. I'm not crazy about the BG color, but overall a nice frame.

Nice view of the leg and foot here. Great perch, and I like the BG. The eye of the subject seems a bit odd, don't know why...perhaps darkening the iris a tad or "rounding off" the pupil which looks a tad oval?

I could not resist. I expanded the pupil a tad at bottom via clone tool and darkened the iris via burn tool. Subtle tweak but big impact as the eye is the first thing we tend to look at.

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Originally Posted by Alan Murphy

Perfect pose and comp. I'm seeing a dark halo on the bg near the breast.

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Thanks Alan....I saw the halo too but it seemed to "appear" after I posted the image....maybe when I downsized with the bicubic sharpener?

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Originally Posted by Daniel Cadieux

I could not resist. I expanded the pupil a tad at bottom via clone tool and darkened the iris via burn tool. Subtle tweak but big impact as the eye is the first thing we tend to look at.

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Thank you, I see your point and I like the repost!

Excellent image. Nice pose, BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

Great background, very nice shot.

Daniel's repost is an improvement!
Love the ''hairy'' look of this WP. Nice pose, sharpness and composition.