Lineated Woodpecker

[Kester Clarke]

I was hoping to get a nice brownish-green background, but he stayed up high against the rainclouds.

Canon 6D + 500f/4L + 1.4x II
AV, +1EV, 700mm, 1/640s, ƒ/7.1, ISO 400, fill flash.

Comments welcomed.

[John Robinson]

He,s turned around !!
Great looking woody shot.

JohnR

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose, love the crest up.

[Grace Scalzo]

I like it too, Kester. The blue sky is complementary, and has a nice gentle gradient to it. May I ask where you were when you created this image? It is a new species for me. Well done.

[Kester Clarke]

This is in Guyana, Grace. It's common in South America, related to the pileated you guys have in the North.

[Pamela de Zilva]

Kester, The background is quite pleasing and so is the WP. The use of fill flash has certainly brought out the colours. Great result. Pamela

[Rick Bowers]

I agree with others, the background really makes the shot. Great complimentary colors. Super!

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,love the colors,great detail,good pose and BG.

[gail bisson]

I thought I was losing my mind with this image! I looked at it last night and the woodpecker was facing the other way. You must have changed the image after posting it as I see that John noticed the same thing.
I really like this image. Your first image showed the unusual striped belly and I really enjoyed seeing that. Perhaps you could repost it?
Great woodpecker on a nice tree.Exposure is spot on with good details in the blacks.
IQ is good. In a perfect world your angle would not be so steep.
Gail

[Kester Clarke]

Yeah i realized I went too far on sharpening the first image. Here's the other one.

[vishaljadhav]

Nice image, i think you choose the right image to post its surely better choice
IQ is lovely and i like the tree and BG is good too

[arash_hazeghi]

#10 is winner for me, I would crop him a bit tighter

excellent frame

[Kester Clarke]

Thanks arash. I will try that, but already cropped more than 50%.