Great Spotted Woodpecker

[Jonathan Ashton]

Bean bag Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS ISO 1000 -1.0, 1/250 sec f5

Image taken from my garden hide, I was waiting for a jay to come down for acorns but this GSW came first.

All comments welcome

[Morkel Erasmus]

love the soft light, the gorgeous colours and the overall composition here...

nice and sharp too!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

First of all thanks for sharing this image! lovely WP and composition. Very nice light and killer BG. Great details despite the high ISO.

[denise ippolito]

Jonathan, I like the comp. and the sharp details. Nice colors too. Seeing the entire tail would have put this over the top but it is still a wonderful image.:)

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Beautiful soft light,details,bg!

[Marina Scarr]

I bet you were pretty happy when this woodpecker showed up instead of the jay. Love the colors, comp and sharp details here. Congrats.

[Dan Brown]

Great woodpecker image Jon! Really nice BG and sharpness. I wish for a little more head turn towards the viewer to really make this over the top but it's beautiful as is!

[Randy Stout]

Jonathan:

Excellent display of those powerful feet gripping the tree, prop action of tail.
I like the slightly curved trunk too, seems to frame the bird nicely. Nicely exposed.

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for your C&C everyone.