Nubian Woodpecker searching for food.

[Ian Wilson]

Captured in Tarangire NP, Tanzania, 7 April 2015.

Canon 5DIII + 600 mm f/4 II + 1.4x III extender, hand-held from a vehicle.
Manual, spot metering, spot AF, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 1250.
Processed with DPP4 and PS Elements.

Thanks for looking, critical feedback welcome and appreciated.
Kind regards, Ian.

[John Robinson]

Hi Ian
Thought you,d got one of my youg green woodys for a second ! Very similar to them in structure- even some of the colour too. Very smart looking bird i t is too.
Good stuff
John

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Ian,
A beautiful subject and a bird I've never heard of before. Wonderful details and exposure. Nice view of the backside as the bird glances slightly backward. A great pose and fine image. I noticed the lighter patch in LRC but that is a nit to me - well done.
Allen

[dankearl]

Terrific look at a new bird for me... Nice sharpness and DOF work.

[Ron Conlon]

Great bird, great shot.

[keith mitchell]

Smashing looking bird, there is some beautiful sharp detail particularly on the head, nice work Ian.

Keith.

[christopher galeski]

nice shot,some good detail,like the color and markings of the bird,like the pose,and glad we can see one of its feet.TFS.

[William Dickson]

Lovely looking bird Ian and you captured it well. Beautiful detail and colours on the bird. Nice work

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat bird indeed! Great markings and colours. I like the tree trunk too, good textures to it. If mine I'd likely perform a bit of eye doctor for the extra reflections.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Very pleasing shot as presented Ian.
TFS