Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Gallery: AvianPosted May 25, 2011138 views10 comments

Got this shot a few minutes before the previous @ Quogue Wildlife Refuge. The bird was eyeing a feeder.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH
f/6.7
1/80s
ISO 1000
-.33 EC
On-board flash

Cropped to 62%, minor clone of a piece of string that was tied to the tree, sharpened using smart sharpen, eliminated additional catchlight from flash

- Luke

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on May 26, 2011 at 5:35 AM

Grand shot. I like the branches framing the bird too.
JohnR

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on May 26, 2011 at 6:38 AM

One of my favorite local birds. I like the way the branches frame the bird. Well done!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 26, 2011 at 7:57 AM

A nice look at the RBW Luke. Nice BG. ISO 1000 took away a bit of the fine detail on the bird it seems and I do wish the bird did not overlap the right branch, but these are just minor things on a nice shot.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on May 26, 2011 at 8:13 AM

Fine pose and beautiful capture of the colors here, Luke. I too wish that branch was not running along the back of the bird. Pretty tough to do anything about that though. Other than that nit, the shot looks great to me!

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Comment posted by KC Choo on May 26, 2011 at 10:38 AM

I like this one a great deal, Luke!

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on May 26, 2011 at 10:45 AM

Great shot of a beautiful subject Luke :^)

Can't help wondering if stepping a pace or two to your right and perhaps one or two straight ahead, whether you'd have been able to capture this with the back of the Woodpecker free and clear of the upright branch behind it. Probably wasn't possible though, so don't pay too much attention to this thought ;^)

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 26, 2011 at 7:48 PM

Luke, the detail and color in this is excellent! I also like how the bird is framed on both sides by the branches...sort of wish the right branch was't intersecting the bird, but doesn't look like you had the room to move to the right without the left side interfering in the same manner....of course, you chose the correct side to have that issue.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 26, 2011 at 10:19 PM

Really nice Luke. Great detail and I like the crop too.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on May 27, 2011 at 9:51 AM

Very nice Luke, agree on the right branch but it is what it is--the bird looks great

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 28, 2011 at 5:59 AM

Wonderful detail and even light Luke - lovely bird

cheers
Rob

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