Northern Flicker

Gallery: AvianPosted January 24, 2010151 views13 comments

Northern Flicker catching bugs. I noticed this flicker in my front yard and a crawled towards it. It was catching bugs in the grass. The wood in the background were a little busy. Comments welcome
Janet

Canon 10D
100-400 IS Canon Lens
1/350 @ 5.6
200 ISO

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 24, 2010 at 4:38 PM

Great low angle Janet and the DOF works for me. The bird looks nice and sharp and I like the head turn. The bug the bird is looking at really gives this the final touch.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on January 24, 2010 at 4:57 PM

Very nice, with perfect details on the subject. The BG and the grass work very well. The pose and the flying bug add a lot to this wonderful picture.

D&L

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Comment posted by KC Choo on January 24, 2010 at 5:31 PM

Excellent one - I have often seen them feeding on the ground like this. BG is fine!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 24, 2010 at 8:10 PM

Excellent, Janet. The Flicker is nice and crisp with an interesting pose, and your dof is great. There are some odd geometric shapes in the oof bg to the right of the bird that are a bit distracting. You might think about brushing those lightly with the clone tool to smooth them out.

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Comment posted by Tom Wilson on January 24, 2010 at 9:44 PM

That bug is done for! Nice shot!

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 25, 2010 at 6:06 AM

Like the low perspective Janet

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by István Molnár on January 25, 2010 at 9:13 AM

Nice technicals as well

István

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on January 25, 2010 at 9:46 AM

Fabulous image...like the low angle of shooting and the way the bird is looking at the bug...very good timing

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Comment posted by Sally King on January 25, 2010 at 10:42 AM

I love the alert pose of the bird and the blur of the bug. Nice colors.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on January 25, 2010 at 2:15 PM

Janet,

Great low angle, alert pose of the flicker and I love the bug flying!

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on January 25, 2010 at 2:35 PM

Nice work, Janet. I really like the pose of this bird, the background and the colors.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 25, 2010 at 7:29 PM

A pleasing image as posted. The low viewpoint works well and the bug is a very nice element in the image.

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Comment posted by Peter Wintergren on January 26, 2010 at 11:33 AM

Perfect compositon and DOF. This is real good!

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