Common Flicker.

[Karl Egressy]

I took this shot early in the morning with the sun behind my back.
Based on the advices given by Randy of the previous but very similar shot,
I lowered the saturation and exposure of the blue part.
I also added a little canvas to the bottom.
Wish list; separation of the beak, no blue just nice colours in the background.
Thanks for looking.


Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Manual Exposure
Tv 1/1250
Av 7.1
Spot Metering
ISO 640
EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Karl! I like the underwing colour, HA and BG.

[Doug Brown]

Fantastic pose and great detail. A little tight at the bottom of the frame. Overall one of your better images Karl!

[Arthur Morris]

Love the wings swept back and all the glorious color. I am fine with the room below that bird. This might work well as a near-square....

[Karl Egressy]

Fantastic pose and great detail. A little tight at the bottom of the frame. Overall one of your better images Karl!

Thanks Doug. I was just lucky. Next I'll try for BIF. Might get lucky again.

[Melissa Groo]

Karl, this is just a stunner. Love the wings, the incredible detail, the colors. Brilliant! I agree, one of your best!

[Peter Dexter]

Looks spot on. Great shot.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Gorgeous Karl. Love the wingspread and the colors too.

[dankearl]

Karl, very nice.
I think a tad bit of desaturation would look nice,
Excellent pose, environment and focus.
Congrats on a great shot.

[Tom Rambaut]

Is this a type of wood pecker?

I like the pose and the interesting patterns and colours of the bird. I was going to say that it overall looks a bit yellow then read your description so the yellow makes sense as it is early morning light. TFS

[adrian dancy]

This is superb Karl. I love the wing position and the sky background is better here than in your last post.

[Karl Egressy]

Is this a type of wood pecker?

I like the pose and the interesting patterns and colours of the bird. I was going to say that it overall looks a bit yellow then read your description so the yellow makes sense as it is early morning light. TFS

Thanks Tom.
Yes, it is a funny type of woodpecker.
It spends most of its time on the ground catching insects there.
It is a cavity nester.

[Alan Murphy]

Awesome image. I would try to brighten the under wing shadow in the raw process a bit more. Love the pose and BG colors.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Karl, awesome shot. well done getting parallel. excellent details and BG. agree with Artie, minor cropping on both sides will help.

[Marina Scarr]

Kick butt image, Karl. I just love the colors on this bird and the movement and position of the wings. This appears to have been taken in pretty bright light, and I Feel as though the tree is competing a tad with the bird. I would consider lowering the brightness on the tree. We'll be waiting for the BIF.

[Karl Egressy]

Kick butt image, Karl. I just love the colors on this bird and the movement and position of the wings. This appears to have been taken in pretty bright light, and I Feel as though the tree is competing a tad with the bird. I would consider lowering the brightness on the tree. We'll be waiting for the BIF.

Thank you, Marina.
I'm waiting foro the Spring to return and then I'll go again. It was 32 F this morning.

[Arthur Morris]

It was 32 F this morning.

Is 32 F better than f/32???

[Karl Egressy]

Is 32 F better than f/32???

I like your sense of humor.
In capital F, I like 68-73 degrees this time of the year.
After a long winter we would deserve it.
Actually the very strong wind is a killing here. Birds don't like it, we don't like it.
As far as f goes I like it to be between f/5.6-8.0, favorite is f/7.1. On the 300 f2.8 I'm OK with f/5.6.
f /32 is horroble. In fact anything above f/16 is a no no as the diffraction would negatively effect resolution and dynamic range.
Migh even f/16 is way too high for certain lenses.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Simply Excellent. Lovely colors & pose.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. I really like the wing blur, great pose, and very nice light.
Well done.

[Robert Lachaine]

Wonderful moment that you caught it in ! Great job !

[Paul Lagasi]

Very nice Karl, Nagyon szép kép, (with the help of Google translate)...It's easy to see why they were called the "Yellow-Shafted Flicker"..TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl I like the swept back wings, and overall, well timed to get this. The bird is nice and sharp, and I really like the colours of the BG, even the blue. A fine image and well captured.

[Karl Egressy]

Hi Karl I like the swept back wings, and overall, well timed to get this. The bird is nice and sharp, and I really like the colours of the BG, even the blue. A fine image and well captured.

Thanks Paul.
Your Hungarian sounds better than my Italian. Molto bene.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice flight pose and good sharp details KArl

[Ofer Levy]

WOW! Killer image!!

[Troy Lim]

Love the exposure. How about cropping a bit off the left?