Great spotted woodpecker

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 1DX
Canon 500mm f4 L IS
Auto ISO 2000
1/1600 sec f8
DPP & PSCC

Taken in the back garden from my main hide. Hope colours etc are good - 2 new drives on PC and screen recalibrated.

[Michael Thompson]

cool looking woodpecker, nice and sharp, with the tongue is a plus. nice BG, the perch is a little busy with blurry spots. Nice shot!

[David Cowling]

Good feather details here Jonathan. Colours look good to me, not that I have seen many this close! The bird stands out well from the nice clean background. Like the glimpse of tongue. The perch is what it is. Well done for attracting this elusive bird to your hide.

[annmpacheco]

wonderful Jon, love the perch and the detail, especially the chest is gorgeous, nice job with NO noise!

[stuart wanuck]

sharp image nice bg

[arash_hazeghi]

nice and sharp woodpecker, love the tongue too but wish you had a better perch.

TFS

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jon, I think Arash summed up my initial thoughts yesterday. For me the 'perch' is just to dominant, but I do like the framing and nice to see the 'crampon' feet. For me the green is a bit too vibrant and I would address the Blue coming through, but just my take.

TFS
Steve

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the feedback everyone I appreciate your comments. I know where you are coming from regarding the perch but I quite like it, I think it made for a bit of a change.