Two Woodies

[John Robinson]

Greater Spotted Woodpeckers- male and female.
Taken through my bedroom windw this time last year Sorry about the red hawthorn. Somebody planted it! Bit awkward with the tripod though . Two legs on the window sill and one on the bed. These two birds were coming down to feeders every two minutes.
Nikon D200
640 ISO 250th sec @f10
Sigma 50-500 on about 350 mm
(Kept racked out again to get that bit of extra DOF) EV down 1 Contrast down 1
PP Paintshop pro levels/ neat image
Thanks for looking
Quite a big crop so can play with comp a bit.
Cheers
JohnR

[Grace Scalzo]

I real beauty, John.I like it as is as far as the comp goes. Very colorful and appealing image.

[arash_hazeghi]

This is very nice, great setup. Both have good HA and the flowers are nice too with the diagonal composition, well done

[William Dickson]

Well done John, both birds crystal clear, and I like the flowering hawthorn, goes well with the birds and background

[Binu John]

Excellent shot, John! Love the composition, colors, BG and HA of both the birds! Well done!

[Joel Eade]

Lovely to see the pair together on a pretty perch too. You did everything right in my book!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Bo need to apologize for the hawthorn...it is quite beautiful! You chose a perfect comp for this. Well exposed, sharp as posted, great colours and background. If anything I wish the tail tip of the female was not merging with the flowers, but it really is not an image wrecker at all. Well prepared and executed image :-)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very well done!
Love this image for its desing, light and subjects. Only suggestion would be to run some NR on BG.

[gail bisson]

I really like this.
Having 2 birds sharp in the frame is always a good thing!
Perch and flowers are nice as well.
Had a good chuckle imagining your awkward position taking this picture,
Gail

[David Salem]

This is really nice. Love the poses on the two sharp WPs. The setting looks nice and the detail and exposure are spot on. Good looking perch selection One of my favs from you.

[MiroslavMaric]

Congratulations John! Great composition of 2 birds on nice perch. Well poses of the birds and DOF covers both of them. Cheers! Miro

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent frame. Every thing is perfect.Wonderful composition.
Lovely flowering perch, nice poses of both birds, beautiful colors, details and superb composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Pamela de Zilva]

I like it a lot. HA, pose, lighting, and sharpness. What I do find a bit distracting is the blotchy background.

Regards
Pamela

[Marina Scarr]

Killer image all around!