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Downy Woodpecker
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Downy Woodpecker

by Steve Thompson

Gallery: AvianPosted October 15, 2014258 views5 comments
I ran across this male Downy woodpecker last week. It posed for three frames and was gone.

Thanks for looking; any comments & suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Larger image provided for detail.
Canon 70D
Canon 400mm 5.6
1/2500
f/7.1
ISO 800
HH
Processed with Lightroom 5.6, CS5

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 15, 2014 at 9:05 PM
Nice head turn and body lean in this one Steve. I am back and forth about the 2x3 crop....I wonder if it might look a tad better as a 4x5 clipping off a bit from the right and a sliver from the left? Would be nice to see them side by side...but then again, you ight have already checked that out. :biggrin:
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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on October 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Nice pose and head turn. I like your composition as it is. Well done Steve ! :toast:
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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 16, 2014 at 3:52 PM
A nice, natural, image as posted. I like the bark texture on the left and would not want to see it cropped away.
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 16, 2014 at 4:00 PM
Excellent shot of this lovely little male, Steve. :toast:
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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 16, 2014 at 11:43 PM
Very nice pose, light and an excellent head turn, Steve. The bark and background add a lot to this image. :toast:
Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments