Sapsucker

Gallery: AvianPosted June 25, 2010266 views17 comments

This is a hybrid of a couple of the species of sapsuckers in British Columbia. They interbreed easily.

D300
500 mm F4
1/400 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 500
White balance: Auto
Flash: Beamer

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by wade pettitt on June 25, 2010 at 8:52 PM

Wow, beautiful shot sandy. I love the pose and the background is excellent. Well Done!!.

Registered on May 6, 2009, 184 Posts, 471 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on June 25, 2010 at 9:05 PM

Excellent all around Sandy!

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on June 25, 2010 at 9:50 PM

Nice Sandy, good to capture him at the hole, with some food.

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Comment posted by Stephen on June 25, 2010 at 9:55 PM

Classic pose, love the vertical frame. Great details and the background is very nice!

Registered on November 11, 2007, 42 Posts, 803 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on June 25, 2010 at 10:00 PM

excellent, Sandy. I like everything about this. really a beautiful shot.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Kirk Greene on June 25, 2010 at 10:22 PM

Very nice. That looks like quite a mouthfull of food. The BG is great & I like the angle showing just enough of the tree cavity to complete the story.

Registered on May 12, 2004, 191 Posts, 1578 Comments

Comment posted by Darren McKenna on June 25, 2010 at 10:35 PM

A wonderful image Sandy, I like the pose at the nest. Looks like he's going through a bit of a molt.

darrenmckenna.com

Registered on October 28, 2008, 31 Posts, 214 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 25, 2010 at 10:41 PM

Very nice image: good detail; nice pose; fine background; good light. Plus, an interesting bird showing mostly red-naped features combined with some traces of red-breasted genes.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 25, 2010 at 10:47 PM

Great photo. Nice colors on the bird. Interesting subject-he seems to be a very messy eater. That hole is so perfectly round. Was it man-made?

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 25, 2010 at 11:02 PM

Natural woodpecker-made hole, deep in the woods of BC, about 25 feet up the tree.

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Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on June 25, 2010 at 11:56 PM

Hi Sandy,
Nice clean view with a soft light and clean background. The food in it's beak is a plus. It's difficult to determine the feather details at the size posted. Posting a larger image allows us to better critique image clarity.
Thanks for posting,
Ronnie G.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on June 26, 2010 at 1:51 AM

Nice capture, Sandy. The mouthful of food is a bonus.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on June 26, 2010 at 3:07 AM

Simple and Sweet, very nice Sandy!!! Just saw your unique lesser gold finch, it's also very nice!

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Binda on June 27, 2010 at 12:11 PM

I had no idea hybrids existed, interesting Sandy, and a very nice picture too

Registered on September 8, 2007, 56 Posts, 326 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 27, 2010 at 7:35 PM

Just sweet - especially to get a hybrid species. There does seem to be a little motion blur on the foot but that doesn't detract much at all

- Luke

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Glenn Bartley on June 27, 2010 at 10:19 PM

Awesome shot Sandy!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 30, 2010 at 12:12 AM

Hi, Glenn - I'm supposed to say "HI!" from Rudy G in Quito !!

Sandy

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