Great Spotted Woodpeckers

[Jeroen Stel]

Hi Guys,

Here's a three hatch of the family life of Great Spotted Woodpeckers i have been working on recently..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: M
Exposure compensation: - 2/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Ofer Levy]

As presented the images are too small IMHO.I would have preferred to see only one image in a proper size in order to be able to comment.

[Bill Dix]

I agree with Ofer. The right-hand image, in particular, looks stunning, but I'd like to see it at 800px.

[Humberto Ramos]

I agree with Ofer, In this size I prefer the third one.

[Marina Scarr]

Third is definitely the best one. Love that BG. May we assume this is a set up? It sure looks like a nice one.

[Jeroen Stel]

Hi Guys,

Thank you very much for your comments so far.
I will post the RHS image here as that seems to be the preferred one.

This is not a set-up by the way but a natural nesting hole where i have placed my hide.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[Gerald Kelberg]

Hi Jeroen, I like this very much. The tree has a nice texture and the background is ideal. Position of the adult bird is perfect and there is food as well. You must be working in quite low light with the relatively low shutter speed. But it seems to be working!

Thanks for sharing.

Gerald

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Repost is very cool.

[Ofer Levy]

The repost looks lovely!!

[christopher galeski]

repost is the one,good BG,nice exposure,and the food is a bonus.well done.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I will go with the repost! lovely light, pose, and killer BG. Thanks for sharing.