Ladder-backed Woodpecker

[Robert Holguin]

Hello everyone. While out the other day trying to get a shot of a kesterl. This little showed up for a quick second. C&C welcomed and encouraged.
Camera - Nikon 300s, Lense - Nikon 300 F4, Exposure - 1/1000, Aperture - F8, ISO - 400, Focal Length - 300mm, Metering - Multi Segment, Manual.

[Randy Stout]

Robert:

Pays to keep an open mind about what to shoot!

I really like the perch, the spikes rather repeat his bill.

Well exposed for the bird. The overall impression of the image is a bit bright for me, but of course, I live in Michigan, where dreary is the state wide forecast sometimes!

I would consider a slightly tighter crop from above and a bit from the left to show the bird off better and help a bit with the brightness as well.

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot, a little too bright for me I checked the histogram, I would suggest bring up the black slider and then possibly reduce the brightness a tad.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose, lovely background and nice composition, Robert. Love the slightly diagonal "poky" perch as well.

[Stu Bowie]

Super pose from the woodpecker, and an interesting looking perch with all those spikes. Another vote to bring in from the left, and maybe just a touch of toning down the BG.

[Robert Holguin]

Thank you all for all the comments. Here is the image with the suggestions I recieved. I took some off the left and top and darkened the bg a bit.

[Mark Itol]

The repost looks better. Lovely perch, composition, and BG. Just wish for a little more headturn towards the camera.

[Randy Stout]

Robert:

Much improved for me, really shows him off better and reduces the impact of the bright background somewhat also.

Cheers

Randy