Green Woodpecker + upright

Gallery: AvianPosted August 5, 2011117 views7 comments

This was at the first session at my little woodland pool which has had no water for weeksuntil I put some in two days ago. This bird turned up at 7:45 - last evening- quite dull as you can imagine.
I was just messing around playing with camera settings not expecting much to turnup,and he was so close even at the 100mm end that it was what you might say "a bit tight "

Not too bad for 1250 ISO - f8 @ 50th second.
D7000 Sigma 100-300mmf4
full frame virtually. Bit of canvas added . It really wastight.
No sharpening - I pass neat image. Levels etc to brighten things up a bit.
Cheers
JohnR

John Robinson
Worcestershire
England

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on August 5, 2011 at 7:41 AM

Not to bad that's for sure! I think you have caught a good pose, the colors look fine as does the sharpness. thanks for sharing with us.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on August 5, 2011 at 9:56 AM

Yes, very good detail of a colorful bird. I've never seen one of these. Crop could be done in various ways I'm sure you thought of, John. A verticle, I'd think would work well with a significant part of the left removed.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on August 5, 2011 at 3:50 PM

What an interesting looking woodpecker, I have never heard of a Green Woodpecker before. I like the detail, look and head turn the bird is giving to see some more of the wonderful feather/color patterns, nice job in getting this, well done.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on August 5, 2011 at 5:40 PM

heres a different crop. Not sure myself.
Cheers
JohnR

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 5, 2011 at 6:15 PM

Very nice, John. A neat looking woodpecker in an unusual setting for them. Good detail, even without sharpening. I think I prefer your second crop, though I might add a touch of canvas to the top of it (if I were competent to do so).

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Comment posted by John Robinson on August 5, 2011 at 7:11 PM

Thanks all. Yes Dennis - that's the problem- needs more top and bottom. Would be a a quite difficult one to do with the bottom especially being so messy. Next time I'll cough and maybe it'll go a bit further away !!

Cheers
|JohnR

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 5, 2011 at 10:25 PM

Lovely detail and light John - nice to see a woodpecker on the ground

cheers
Rob

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