Morning Flicker

Gallery: AvianPosted October 28, 2011276 views13 comments

The Northern Flicker female's not quite as flashy as the male, but has a subtle beauty all her own..
F/6.3, 1/160th, ISO 500, 1D M3, 300mm f/2.8 + 1.4x @ 8:28am

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13 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on October 28, 2011 at 10:56 AM

Nicely captured. Good detail and color in the Flicker and I like the cool feeling of the background blur.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 28, 2011 at 11:44 AM

Very nice! The light is wonderfully soft here. The head turn is perfect. There's nice depth in the image and overall it looks very natural.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on October 28, 2011 at 11:49 AM

She was looking straight at you, Howard. Good detail all along this bird. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on October 28, 2011 at 12:10 PM

Flicker separates nicely from the background

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 28, 2011 at 12:45 PM

Lovely environmental shot. Nice pose and head-turn, subtle natural colours, and interesting OOF water and rock in the BG.
Very well done!
Sandy

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Comment posted by May Haga on October 28, 2011 at 2:07 PM

Very nice Howard.
May

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on October 28, 2011 at 4:04 PM

Another lovely shot, Howard- Like very much the head pose, the light and the OOF environment on the background- Thanks for sharing, Fabio

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 29, 2011 at 1:05 AM

A very nice view of this beauty!!! Great habitat and pose. Sweet Photo Howard

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on October 29, 2011 at 2:18 AM

I like the wonderful feather patterns and sublte colors, well done Howard.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 29, 2011 at 10:00 AM

Really like the setting here Howard. Great head turn from the flicker and the IQ looks good. Relatively tight comp works for me too. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on October 29, 2011 at 10:42 AM

Love the light Howard. I like the setting too. Nice detail in the larger version. Well done.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 30, 2011 at 5:12 PM

Great head turn she gave you here Howard, very nice flicker

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on November 2, 2011 at 7:05 AM

Wonderful image Howard, beautiful habitat.

Ray

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