Sapsucker

[Todd Frost]

From backyard.
D300, 400 2.8, 1/250, f3.3, iso400, man exp.

Thanks for looking, comments and critiques appreciated.

Todd

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the details, soft light and eye contact and might crop a bit off the left and add canvas on the right.

[Randy Stout]

Todd:

You held the details in the reds well, nice HA, I like the series of holes.

I agree with Axel, re; cropping. I would probably crop in from the left to eliminate the split area in the trunk.

Do you know what species of sapsucker this is?

Randy

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

nice looking bird with beautiful warm colors and nice details!

[Fabs Forns]

Wow, that is such sweet light and bird, maybe some more DOF, but I see you didn't have s/s to waste :)
Well done!

[Daniel Cadieux]

IQ looks great, sharp where it needs to be. Presentation would look cleaner with the split bark cropped out - the present drill holes are enough to give interest to the trunk with including the split. You cold lighten the iris ever so slightly.

P.S. This is a Red-breasted Sapsucker.

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely colours and detail on the sapsucker, and sharp. I agree with the above suggestions regarding the crop.

[Juan Aragonés]

I like this image a lot Todd. A litle bit of more DOF would be great and I think that a touch of saturation increase to the BG would compliment even better the red plumage of this guy. The eye is killer