Pileated Woodpecker Twins.

[Daniel Cadieux]

These young ones, brother and sister and just about ready to fledge any day now, take a peak at the outside world...eager to venture out. Same tree as last year, but a different hole (they excavate a new nesting hole every year, sometimes many but then only use one).

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/8, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, about 75% FF, usual eye work, NR to the dark hole.

[Marina Scarr]

You did well considering the angle here, and I love their poses and the fact that you can sext them so easily. You have a great nest tree with good texture and catch lights in both of their eyes. We had a pileated pair here that nested in the same tree 3 yrs in a row. I wish they would all do that.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

I think the 'yearning' pose tells the story, ready to venture out, or of course, they might just be hungry and looking for chow to arrive!

Matching poses are excellent, lots of texture and detail on trunk to keep the viewers eye exploring.

Very well done.

Cheers

Randy

[arash_hazeghi]

very cute shot Dan, love how they are peaking their heads out. might be tempted to crop out the BG entirely just to focus on the trunk and the nest

TFS

[Ritesh Nangare]

Ha ha That is an jackpot shot .... the the curious eye of the chicks peeping out of hole ... feel very happy to after seeing this image.