Another weekend, another opportunity with these birds.
updated perch, moss is kind of hit and miss.
There was a lot of landscaping/lawn mowing going on at the time and the birds showed briefly unfortunately.
Tomorrow is another day however.
D300 + 500mm f4 AFS-I + Gitzo 3530 + Jobu BWG-P head + Wat Krating blind/hide.
Focal length: 500mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/80s
A-Priority
Exposure comp: -1.0EV
Spot metered
ISO 250 (i should have been at at least 400, blew it there)
Flash (on but sure if it went off).
C&C welcome.
Cheers.
Last edited by Paul Kusmin; 04-09-2010 at 10:16 PM.
One of my favorite birds. She is well displayed here, with good overall exposure, nice details in darks, the whites have a bit of loss of detail, and I think the red channel may be a bit hot on the crown.
The moss pulls the tree and background together.
Just a bit tight in the frame for my taste.
Really great that you can get them to a setup. I have them in the woods behind my house, but have not been able to get them to come close at all, even though the downies and hairies come to my suet feeders all the time.
Pileated Woodpecker 2
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