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    Default Juvie Sapsucker

    Sap is finally flowing and the sapsuckers are taking advantage. I think this is a juvenile. C&C encouraged
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    500mm, f8, 1/500 sec, iso 500. PP: crop, usm, levels.

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    Jim:

    I like your pretty level shooting angle, so often woodpeckers are shot at a pretty steep angle.

    Nice display of the strong feet/grip. Like the slightly angled trunk, sap running.

    I would try to open up the shadows and dark areas a bit to bring out a bit more detail.

    Where abouts in the UP? I like near Kalamazoo.

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    I like your shooting angle here as well as the light on the bird and the detail. The darks could definately be lightened a bit and I wonder if you have just a little more room on the bottom?

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    Lovely light, pose, subject and what a great tree. Great gripping foot. Would like to see a tad more room on the bottom and maybe left but right if you prefer.
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    Great pose, light and angle. I agree with the above, and I might try and tone down the bright areas in the BG, although they do provide a nice frame for the bird.

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    Lovely woodpecker image, the details are nice and the level of the shot is impressive, in case some more details are opened in the dark it will take it over the top.
    Love the way its presented even now

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    Thanks Randy, I'm in the Marquette area.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Stout View Post
    Jim:

    I like your pretty level shooting angle, so often woodpeckers are shot at a pretty steep angle.

    Nice display of the strong feet/grip. Like the slightly angled trunk, sap running.

    I would try to open up the shadows and dark areas a bit to bring out a bit more detail.

    Where abouts in the UP? I like near Kalamazoo.

    Cheers

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    Thanks everyone for the input. I thought it odd that everyone commented on the level angle, and I didn't thnk that was a big deal. I live in the woods, surrounded by trees and this sapsucker was about eye level when standing on my deck (12' off the ground). I'm frequently at eye level with many woodpeckers and nuthatches. I just don't want anyone to think there was some strenuous tree climbing involved. Getting up out of my deck chair was about as strenuous as it got. I applied some of the suggestions although I'm not really sure how to "open up the blacks" except through levels and curves. My raw editor defaults on 0 for shadows and doesn't go any lower. I'm not sure if now the whites are too hot or overall too light? It does look closer to true now though. I also applied the crop suggestion, more space on the bottome and to the left. Notice in the first image how the head and the side of the frame are about the same distance as the tail and the bottom of the frame? And how the angle and amount of tree and background are almost equal? I tend to do this all the time, it's like OCD or something.

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    This is a really good shot and the repost is an improvement, maybe a hair too bright. Complimentary colors throughout this image, very nice.

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    A tad more levels adj, saturation, and BG NR

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    I love the lighting, colour and pose of this Woodpecker on an interesting trunk Jim.

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