Yellow-bellied Woodpecker

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

40D, Canon 100-400@275mm, 1/800 f 6.3, ISO 500, Fill Flash

[Randy Stout]

Arsdel:

The light was harsh here, so fill flash was a good idea. The light angle being far to your left didn't help with the evenness of the lighting. A fairly steep shooting angle (hard to avoid that one sometimes), with the head angled away from us.

Nice color on the head, impressive feet. I might consider toning down the brightness of the trunk near the bottom of the frame.

Thanks

Randy

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

Thanks randy. I think now it may be a red-bellied woodpecker.

[Aidan Briggs]

Adding on Randy's comments, the feather detail seems really smooth. NR could be the culprit here, though it almost looks liked you applied a blur to the bird?