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    Rod Wiley
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    This image of the male Red Bellied Woodpecker and chick was created in Bonita Springs.

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    Good capture of a very interesting subjec, food delievery - that's always very nice.There is something with the light, especially on the tree and the chick, which is a little bit disturbing. The adult have a more natural light. It might be my bad screen on the laptop too.

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    Love the image of mama bringing food to chick, nice moment captured. Illumination seems too harsh, colors too saturated with an overall reddish cast. Did you use a flash? Thanks for the post.

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    Great moment well captured, Rod. Lovely light on the adult. The striations in the BG are a bit disturbing. I would be tempted to burn in the tree trunk a little to focus in on the chick and probably sharpen the birds a bit more. I would clone out the second highlight ion the chick's eye. Have had a little play and also patched out the flash shadow behind the chick - see what you think. I may be barking up the wrong tree:D
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    Looks pretty good, its been along time since I took this and I really don't remember all the conditions, I think I used the Better Beemer and part of the tree was a little darker because of the palm branches, I believe the two catch lights were from the flash and the sun. I was cleaning out some files today and saw it so I thought I put it up because I haven't posted in awhile. I came down with pneumonia in my right lung and haven't been shooting in a month.Thanks Rod

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    Here's to a speedy recovery to full strength, Rod.
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    Great comments Can add I would like seeing a little more room at the bottom for the virtual tail !!! Excellent behavior !!!

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    Great moment captured. I agree regarding a wider crop, removal of the second catchlight and stripes in the BG. How did you sharpen the image?

    All the best for a speedy recovery!

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    Feel better Rod! Tony's repost does a nice job of addressing most of my concerns with this great behavior shot. Thanks for posting!
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    Axel I use a layer mask and selective sharpening

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