Juvenile Male Red-bellied Woodpecker

[Ed Kelly]

Found this youngster squawking away across the street from my home yesterday.

Very little LR5. No retouching.

D750
Tamron 150-600 @600mm
f/9 @ 320 second ISO 250

[Karl Egressy]

Nice to see this fluffed up pose. IQ and exposure are good.

[Ed Kelly]

Nice to see this fluffed up pose. IQ and exposure are good.

Thanks Karl,much appreciated. Here is his tree pose, a few minutes later.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent, love them both. A real handsome boy.

[Marina Scarr]

Handsome bird and great details there. Good tree too. If I were you, I would try to stand back a little bit if possible to eliminate some of the steep angle. That green BG is really awesome.