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    Terry Olmsted
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    I was delighted to find this flicker at home on this snag, rather than hammering on our house :)

    11/8/2010 Canon 40D 400 f5.6L 1/1000 f5.6 ISO 500 partial metering ec 0 AE

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    Terry:

    Excellent head position here, like being able to see the hole, but bird not in it. Pretty good shooting angle for a woodpecker, they are often shown with pretty steep angles.

    The trunk on the left is so bright that it really competes with the bird. I would be seriously tempted to burn it in with a soft brush to tone down the luminosity.

    It might also benefit from a little crop in from the left, which would also help with the overpowering nature of the trunk on the left.

    I think the head could stand a bit more sharpening.

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    Terry Olmsted
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    Thanks very much, Randy. I'll work on it a bit and repost the result. Thanks again!
    Terry

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    Todd Frost
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    Nice over the shoulder pose Terry. Randt pretty much covered my thoughts, look forward to the re-post.
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    Terry, I really like the head turn in this and the texture of the tree. Randy gave some great advice. To me, the entire image seems a bit overexposed. I might turn down the exposure first and then burn the side of the tree.

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    Brendan Dozier
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    Nice image Terry, and I agree, great angle for a woodpecker. Nice colors and detail, agree with Randy's suggestions.

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    Terry Olmsted
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    Thanks very much for the input, Randy, Todd, Kurt, and Brendon! Here's the repost. Sorry it took a while, dinner got in the way. I darkened the overall exposure a little, bumped up the saturation just a bit, and lightened the darker part of the tree on the right side of the bird. I also cropped just a some off the left and sharpened the head a small amount.
    Thanks again for taking the time to critique and suggest!

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    Looks better Terry.

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    Terry Olmsted
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    Thanks for your input, Todd. This is a great learning experience.
    Terry

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    Terry:

    This is significantly better! I might still do a bit more lowering of the luminosity of the trunk on the left, esp. on the LLC which is the brightest, but overall much better on the repost.

    Cheers

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    Hi Terry , like the repost of this interesting Woodpecker, a new species for me. Love the barred feather pattern on the back.TFS.

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    Randy, thanks again for your help. I'll work on it a bit more. I really appreciate all the time you take to make your comments and suggestions for all of us.

    Pieter, thanks very much for commenting. I enjoy your posts!

    Terry

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    Thanks Terry much appreciated.

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