Red-naped Sapsucker

[Alan Murphy]

Red-naped Sapsucker

Kamloops, BC

D800, 300MM, ISO 1000, f3.5, 1/2000, fill @ 1/32 pwr.

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely pose and details, love the even light and BG. Wonder if sharpness could be improved with faster SS?

[gail bisson]

Nice full wingspread of this little speedster. Technically very hard to get "in flight" shots of this guy.
Good clean BG. I find the tree on the right distracting on one hand but appreciate that it gives context to the image.
Gail

[Joe Senzatimore]

As always , stunning.

[Grace Scalzo]

I like the tree and the foliage above … looks like he's bringing food in ? Might just be that I need new glasses, but I think a bit more sharpening on the bird's head could be applied.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome flight pose Alan, nice in-coming angle of view, nice BG and comp.

[adrian dancy]

Good image design and wingspread. Some of the bird's plumage looks a bit crunchy , sometimes that can be because plumage can lend itself to looking crunchy naturally, as it in moult, if the bird has recently bathed or of course if the image is over sharpened. However the image is still a keeper.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Nice wing spread,beautiful BG with nice OOF leaves in the ULC and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Dave Spates]

Really like this, I know it's extremely hard to get woodpeckers in flight like this. I would try to clone out the tree to the right though and see how it looks compared to the original.