Pileated at work..

[dankearl]

D500, 300 f2.8, f2.8, 1/2000, iso2000
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[Randy Stout]

Dan:

Like the flying chips, well exposed, great display of near foot, like the slight angle of trunk/pose.

Cheers

Randy

[Jack Backs]

Nice action shot. It looks like noise reduction was applied to the background but not the bird. I would apply a little more noise reduction to the bird as it looks quite noisy to me.

[Paul Burdett]

Super shot Dan. No such bird here, so nice to see them. I'm ok with the noise...always an issue (for me most of the time) with dark plumage. I might tone down the red a bit though. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

It's fun when these guys are so busy working an area of a tree that they are pretty much ignoring your presence! I like the behaviour and good look at the talon. Yes, the blacks look noisy, and I would have given more room at right

[John Mack]

Really like the view of those feet. Nice behavior here as well. More room would be nice.