Hispaniolan Woodpecker

Gallery: AvianPosted April 3, 2012203 views12 comments

A trip to the Dominican Republic last week offered some time to shoot. I found several of these woodpeckers-this a female-flitting about the trees along the shoreline mid-morning with the sun coming and going through cloudy skies.

D3s
500mm f/4.0 VR-II
TC-14E II
Gitzo w/Wimberley II
SB-900
1/1250s @ f/7.1
ISO 1000
Spot Metering
Exposure Comp -1/3
Flash Exposure Comp -2/3

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 3, 2012 at 9:55 PM

I ilke the different shades of yellow and a killer pose. Great background -- I go negative then positive about a perch that takes up so much of the picture. Lots of room to experiment on this beauty

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on April 3, 2012 at 10:24 PM

Love the pose.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 3, 2012 at 10:33 PM

I love this as posted. A neat woodpecker; a great pose and background.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 3, 2012 at 11:05 PM

Wonderful pose and light, Chuck. Gorgeous image. I think I might play with the crop a bit more if this were mine, but it's great as posted.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 3, 2012 at 11:13 PM

great bird, great pose, and a nice bg, Chuck. overall detail looks good as do the whites. if it were mine I'd play around with darkening some of the perch, but just to see what things looked like.

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Comment posted by Verdon on April 4, 2012 at 12:11 AM

awesome, nothing else to say!

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Comment posted by KC Choo on April 4, 2012 at 9:43 AM

Nice and unusual pose in this presentation of a Woodie I've not seen before. Good job with the fill flash, too.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on April 4, 2012 at 1:04 PM

Nice pose and composition. Larger version shows detail much better except bacground . Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Geoff Powell on April 4, 2012 at 8:08 PM

Amazing bird, amazing clarity and detail, amazing pose, amazing color, amazing background, amazing perch....hey did I say this is an amazing shot yet...lol Love it.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 4, 2012 at 9:31 PM

Cool bird with a great pose Chuck, nice job with the fill, I'd take a little off both the top and bottom to make this less square.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 5, 2012 at 11:24 AM

What a wonderful pose! And so very sharp and detailed, wonderful light, wonderful colors and background.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on April 5, 2012 at 9:26 PM

For me this is a wonderful image as posted. The pose is to die for, partly because of the great look at that wonderful eye with the head in this position. Excellent background to set the woodpecker off in this light. Well done Chuck!

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