Black-backed Woodpecker II.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Here's another of this beautiful uncommon woodpecker I photographed last week. Better head angle, more room for the tail, and a bit more colours in the BG. Not sure what caused the faint lines in the BG, but I kinda like them. I love the tint of the blue hue on the blacks of this species.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/160s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, eye work, toned down the bluish area in the BG.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

The head angle alone makes this one a winner over the last post for me. It's nice to see the addition of the green in the background and I too like the faint lines.

Great shot!

[Enrique Patino]

very beautiful and great details in the darks... the BG is great

[arash_hazeghi]

very cool Dan, excellent exposure and processing

[Jonathan Ashton]

That's a beauty Dan, excellent details and composition - a handsome bird - haven't seen one before.

[P-A. Fortin]

Actually what caught my attention first is the trunk. I'm pretty sure there were alot of much more boring trees around onto which it could have landed!

Then of course I got crazy jealous because I also have never encountered this specie :)

[Raybel Robles]

Very nice woodpecker. The BG is really nice with a good HA and IQ.

[MiroslavMaric]

Nice bird and good pose and composition. Well done, like the BG too.

Cheers,
Miro

[gail bisson]

What an awesome find! Congrats.
i would take a bit off the LHS .
The eye has an unusual shape to it. Is this normal?
Blacks look good as well.
gail

[David Salem]

Nice job getting a ton of detail out of this dark WP. Love the classic pose and the perch and I too like the striations in the BG . Well done Daniel