Hairy Woodpecker

[John Mack]

Feeder Set up. This image was created in Ithaca, New York on 3/9/18 at 7:39AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 3200
f8.0
1/500sec

[Arthur Morris]

The processing here and the vertical post are vastly improved from your previously posted woodpecker image. Love the perch, the high key treatment with a perfect EXP, the tail against the trunk, the sharpness, and the contrast level.

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[David Roach]

Love the exp(for black and white), hi key effect and the vegetation on the trunk/branch just adds a little more. TFS

[Isaac Grant]

Classic woodpecker pose. Nice to get it on a small trunk with some greenery and also snow. However the processing looks way off to me on the 5k Imac. There seems to be a haze over the whole shot as well as a strong yellow cast. There are many ways to remove a color cast but perhaps the easiest is just to go to hue/saturation and select the yellows and lower the saturation until the cast is gone. I would also add a few points of black to the blacks and reduce a few points of black from the whites of the bird.

[Arthur Morris]

All, Is this a hairy or a downy?

thanks with love, artie

[Isaac Grant]

Hairy. Note the all white outer tail feathers as opposed to white with black spots on downy. Also note that the bill on downy is about 1/3rd the size of the birds head while one Hairy it is about the size of the birds head.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Isaac, That is a great tip on the outer tail feathers.As for the bill, I have not seen many of these guys and not a whole lot of downies either ... Though the tail differences are illustrated in the Peterson Guides there is no arrow! Sibley does point out the outer tail differences.

with love, artie