Great Spotted Woodpecker

[Holger Leyrer]

Hello,

since one week it is foggy and it is raining. Yesterday the sun was shining.
So i went to my bird food place in the forest. From my three bird feeders was one stolen. (it costs only 6 Euro ).
Well, if the guy feed the birds in his own garden is this ok. Main thing is the birds become their feed.
Many birds were there. I was so lucky to capture this Great Spotted Woodpecker.



Canon 1D MKIV * Canon 800 5.6 * f/6.3 * 1/500s * ISO 400 * Berlebach * Sachtler
Original size. No crop

Cheers

Holger

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of beautiful wood pecker with nice HA, beautiful colors, nice details ,BG and composition too.

Regards,
Satish.

[John Robinson]

Great head position. And no food showing either !
Good colours and detail in the black back.
JR

[John Rowell]

Very nice, great head position. My preference would be to lighten the image overall as well as some shadow/higlight or NIK Detail Extractor to bring out more of the detail in the dark blue feathers. Would you consider a slightly tighter crop, as the size of the tree overwhelms the bird slightly. Only my thought, but I sometimes crop too tightly.

[Bob Pelkey]

Your good fortune to photograph such a gorgeous species. I hope you find the thief.

[Marina Scarr]

This is really a stunning WP and a stunning image, I love the tree and all its textures and colors, and of course the colors of the bird. The comp you chose is perfect to go with that pose.

[David Salem]

Great job on this shot and well done finding a beautiful unique species. Everything looks great from the pose to the perch. Love the colors on this WP and you have exposed him perfectly.
Nice one!

[Frank Schauf]

Perfect comp and bg, nice work.

[Grant Yang]

I like the head tilt. Well done in all areas...good lighting, sharpness, background.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Holger! I like the pose, exposure, details, sharpness, perch and BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent Holger, love the pose and details, you are lucky you only lost a bird feeder! In Ottawa my cell phone got stolen, it is 600 Euros to replace without contract renewal!

[Arthur Morris]

Totally stunning. Love the diagonal pose and the perch. And the soft light. And the bird's energy. You should have a look at my contest.... (Don't tell anyone but the deadline will be extended one month....)

[Holger Leyrer]

Thank you all for the kind words and feedback

[keith mitchell]

Holger I would not change a thing it looks great, no nits from me.

Keith.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,like everything about it,love the pose,BG magic,great perch.well done.