Hairy Woodpecker.

[Karl Egressy]

Hard to come by most of the time, not as common as the Downy.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 7d Mark II

Canon 100-400 L IS II.
ISO 640
f 5.6
1/400 s

[Marina Scarr]

What a super image, Karl...my nemesis WP. I have yet to see or photograph one. You've got a great pose here, a nice clean bg and plenty of details. Well done!

[gail bisson]

Very nice Karl.
Great BG and excellent IQ.
I like the pose -shows him just as he is about to fly off.
Marina- I have 2 pairs of hairy woodpeckers that live in my backyard. Come and visit them anytime!

[keith mitchell]

Karl a real frame filler ,beautiful detail and exposure,that is a lovely smooth clean BG.

[David Salem]

Killer Karl!!

[Lorant Voros]

Nice Karl. Love the pose here. Well done.

[John Robinson]

All been said already. I personally would like a bit of something OOF in the BG but thats just me.
Good one whatever Karl
John

[Bill Dix]

A beauty, Karl. We have a pair that visits our feeders, but I've never gotten such a nice dynamic shot as this one. Well done!

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Simply great, Karl. Very nice detail. Like the perch and smooth warm toned BG.



Geoffrey

[annmpacheco]

wowsa, super clean and nice Karl. I also have two pair and maybe there pair of downy woodpeckers, so stop here first Marina and then head north to Gail's!!!

[Kirk Benson]

What a great view and composition of this beautiful HWP Karl. Wonderful head angle, terrific detail, and creamy smooth BG. Really fine work and a pleasure to see. :-)

Kirk

[dankearl]

You were close.... cool take off pose. No one mentioned it but it seems you have a tiny bit of motion blur to me....