Red Bellied Woodpecker(Male)

[Jude Haase]

Image taken last Saturday the South of South Louisiana. I can't wait for the babies to start feeding out of the nesting hole.

30D and 500F4 & 1.4x

ISO 640
F5.6
1/125
Shooting off a beanbag out of a boat

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Jude,

Lovely colors, details and composition. Very nice!

[Jim Poor]

Beautiful BG. The eye looks a little hazy to me, but I think you could handle that pretty easily with a boost in saturation on the eye alone.

[Gus Cobos]

You nailed it on the first shot Jude...congrats...I like it. Great colors and details on the Woody composition is great and the eye is razor sharp...:D

[c.w. moynihan]

Perfect shot of this guy in my book.

[Rich Ikerd]

Great image Jude. I kept wanting to get my image (below) with the head away from the tree, but the darn little guy never cooperated. You've got a perfect position here and great detail throughout.