Hangin' On

Gallery: AvianPosted February 27, 2012153 views8 comments

A Red-bellied Woodpecker just hanging onto a gray birch at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown, RI with the sun disappearing behind clouds.

D3s
500mm f/4.0
TC-14E II
1/400s @ f/5.6
ISO 400
Manually Exposed/Matrix Metered
Gitzo w/Wimberley II

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on February 27, 2012 at 10:21 AM

I like the BG, helps make the woodpecker really stand out. Nice sharpness and color. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on February 27, 2012 at 4:47 PM

VEry nice, Chuck. Good work against a brighter background. If it were mine, and I had the pixels, I'd try to crop a bit tighter, less tree and more bird, as it were.

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Comment posted by Dottie Short on February 27, 2012 at 6:27 PM

I have one visiting my backyard here in Texas and I haven't yet captured the pose I'm looking for. Your pose and composition is excellent. I like the death grip he seems to have on the birch.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on February 28, 2012 at 12:42 PM

Nice pose and comp. I have been trying to get one of these guys but nothing this good yet. Got the female but not the male. Its probably just my monitor but to me it looks a little low on contrast and maybe needs to be warmed up just a bit.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 28, 2012 at 2:30 PM

Cute little fellow! Nice exposure in tough conditions, fine detail, nice pose (I also like the "death grip")
Just at the edge of starting to be soft, so I suspect this is as large a crop as you can get away with.
Really nice image!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 28, 2012 at 8:40 PM

Nicely done Chuck, I like the grip as well as your comp.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 28, 2012 at 10:30 PM

Really like this, Chuck. Nice exposure on the bird, with the light background and shady area, this could have been difficult. Excellent light in the eye. Looks like he's hanging on for dear life.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on March 3, 2012 at 12:13 AM

Nice one, Chuck. I like the composition... and a great bird too.

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