Northern Flicker

Gallery: AvianPosted October 15, 2017448 views7 comments

I took this yesterday morning. My Japanese maple tree in the background is just glowing in the morning sun and I had to take measures to cut back the natural saturation. This is a 50 % crop.

Iso 1000, 600 mm,f10, 250th, -1.7 EV, fill flash at -1, D850, tripod, topaz Adjust, TK sharpening action at 40%

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7 comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on October 15, 2017 at 3:22 PM

Hi David
Vary nice looking Flicker. Great detail and color.
Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 15, 2017 at 4:06 PM

Lovely, well made photo. The D850 is doing some awesome work for you.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on October 15, 2017 at 4:59 PM

You know Phil you are correct. The D850 even has a button next to the shutter labeled "COMP" which automatically corrects the image to follow the rule of thirds after you have pressed the shutter. Let's see if Canon can top that!

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on October 15, 2017 at 9:17 PM

David,

I believe this might be the most incredible image of a flicker I've seen. Dang it please stop posting photographs from the D850, I had convinced myself that I was set for several years with using my D750 for full frame stuff and my D500 for wildlife shots. Never the less thanks for posting it. devil

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 16, 2017 at 2:22 PM

Beautiful, David. I love the bg, and you got a very nice pose from the flicker. My only nit is the left branch that's rather oof. I'd be tempted to remove it.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 16, 2017 at 10:28 PM

Nice image David. I like the head turn and I really like the BG. I also agree with Dennis and think it would be even more improved if you cloned outt he OOF branch on the left. But it still works either way.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 20, 2017 at 3:38 PM

Really cool Flicker shot David. I especially like the red color in the background. It really sets off the pose of the bird nicely. Outstanding detail in the Flicker and the perch.

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments