Red Shafted Flicker

[dankearl]

Huge crop (maybe too large), about 10% of original.
Difficult forest shot with a lot of branches, etc., around, thus the big crop
but the Flicker was at a nest in the tree, I was hoping for a chick to stick its head out,
but I liked this anyway.
1/500
f6.3
ISO800
600MM (300 W/ 2X)
Nikon D800

DSC_0385bp.jpg

[dankearl]

For those interested in what a "big crop" with the D800 is, here is the original, just converted to jpeg.

DSC_0385bpn.jpg

[Ofer Levy]

That is pretty amazing! Image doesn't look that bad considering the huge crop! Looks like a wonderful camera!

[Shawn Zierman]

Looks like the area has great potential. The tree that the nest is on has some nice features,
especially the moss, and I like the texture of the bark. I think the details on the crop are starting
to fall apart a bit, and you can see some fine smudging around the head area from where you did
PS work on the background.

[Marina Scarr]

I very much like the tree in this image. It adds a lot of interest. The camera really handled the crop well. You did a good job adjusting your BG behind the bird's head.

[christopher galeski]

nice image love the detail in the tree.thanks.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, good result from a large crop, and I do like the various details and colours on this species. The moss on the tree trunk does add a little more to the image.

[jack williamson]

Truly remarkable for the large crop but I can see the quality starting drop away especially on the head. I like the tree the nest is in. I hope you can revisit the site and get more images.

Jack

[arash_hazeghi]

looks good we are getting used to this insane crops with 36 mpixel sensor!