Doing their thing

Gallery: AvianPosted February 7, 20181,018 views4 comments

I caught the two woodpeckers doing their thing. They were out nest hunting and decided to take a break. All feedback is appreciated greatly Ry

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
LENS	EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
ISO	1600
FOCAL LENGTH	400.0 mm (630.7 mm in 35mm)
APERTURE	f/9
EXPOSURE TIME	0.0005s (1/2000)

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 7, 2018 at 2:47 PM

Excellent catch, Ry. A good job on the exposure against that bright sky. Both the woodpeckers and the perch have a slightly soft look to me. To my eye it looks as if it were due to either a large crop or maybe major exposure adjustments.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 8, 2018 at 10:52 AM

I agree generally with Dennis, but I am also seeing quite an improvement in your detail management from previous pictures of yours.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on February 8, 2018 at 6:14 PM

I agree with Phil...your focus is improving. The feathers on the male are really nicely colored. And I think any softness is from their natural "movement" sad

Nice "intimate" catch!
After a second look, I might have cropped a bit more than half of the empty space at the top....

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 9, 2018 at 5:55 PM

Really nice high key image Ry, not sure if you needed iso 1600 and 1/2000, since they weren't flying I think iso 800 and 1/1000 would have probably done the trick and might have improved image quality. I agree with Lucy you could take a touch off the top, but all in all a cool image! devil

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