Finally got to get a good test-drive on the 7D I just got and I must say I like it! Last year I posted an image from the same tree (from my folks' cottage), but the sapsucker was in rough plumage then...this one is in much better shape. The tree is about to fall, you can see the angle of it in the image...the trunk is snapped right below the drill wells and is held up by another tree's branches. Time to take advantage of it before it's gone!! Hummingbirds were also using the drill wells and afforded nice opportunities too!
Taken from a 12 foot step ladder to get an eye-to-eye perspective, and the erect posture/raised crest is from the sapsucker reacting to the built-in flash popping up (my external flash's batteries were running to low to be useful).
Canon 7D + 100-400L @330mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 14/250s., f/6.3, ISO 800, -0.3 EC, -2.3 FEC, handheld, slight crop for comp, some bright highlights in the BG tamed via burn tool and clone tool.







. The tree is about to fall, you can see the angle of it in the image...the trunk is snapped right below the drill wells and is held up by another tree's branches. Time to take advantage of it before it's gone!! Hummingbirds were also using the drill wells and afforded nice opportunities too!
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Beautiful bird with a great head turn. Background looks great. Sounds like you earned your shot!

