White Naped Woodpecker #2 (Ranthambore)

[Ishmeet Sahni]

Camera: 40D
Lens: EF 500 F/4 + 1.4 Ex II TC
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Exposure Bias: +1/3
ISO : 800

There was an OOF branch in the bottom left side of the tree that has been cloned out.

"Arthur, thanks for the encouragement for posting this image. Between this and the earlier posted image, I thought the earlier one was better."

[gail bisson]

This bird is so unusual that any picture of him would be great. I like the clean BG and the great view of his feet and legs. Look back pose is good as well. IQ is a bit off. Did you do a lot of NR or is this a big crop?
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

I really like the pose here, but I agree with you that the previous image you posted of this very beautiful bird is better (despite the HA found on that one). Here I am wishing you had pointed the lens to your right to give this guy more room to look into and to minimize the size of the tree. I also find the whites and the BG highlights much too bright (those are certainly fixable during raw conversion). Good job on the branch elimination...there is no sign of it, which is good.

[Robert Holguin]

Sweet looking bird. Great pose and background. A tad more room towards the right would be better.
Well done.