Northern Flicker

[Steven Grogger]

I couldn't resist this shot with the Flicker and his tongue. I removed a pole on the left, adjusted contrast and shadows on the bird, and added a little canvas. Did a little sharpening but the high noise made it difficult. Also used NR on the BKGR. Any comments welcomed.

Camera: Canon 50D
F-stop: F/5.6
ISO: 1600
Focal length: 400mm
Metering Mode: Evaluative

[Mikko Viljamaa]

Steven great action but your Flicker looks little bluish on my screen.

Mikko

[Dave Leroy]

Good one Steven.

Now that the flicker is coming for the suet, it would be interesting to see if a more natural looking perch could be set up and attract the bird.

I am curious about the shutter speed.

Dave

[Steven Grogger]

Mikko,

I will recalibrate the monitor and see if that fixes it.

Dave,

That's a great idea to put up a natural looking perch... I'll see if the owner will go for it.

BTW the shutter speed was 1/250 sec.

Thank you both for the comments!

Steve