Bathing Greater Spotted

[John Robinson]

Greater Spotted Woodpecker
In pool in woodland.
D7000
Sigma 100-300mm F4
800ISO 120th @f8
Crop from horizontal
EV down 1 in camera.
No extra sharpening.
Neat image
Cheers
JohnR

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose with eye contact, John. I think it can take a little sharpening in PP.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image.

Regards,
Satish.

[gary ellwein]

I like the rather novel water setting for a woodpecker image. The pose is pleasing and the red feathers are well placed as a image high light.

[John Robinson]

Thanks
heres a USM treated version. Looks a bit crunchy to me.
JohnR