Red-bellied woodpecker

Gallery: AvianPosted December 16, 2012133 views11 comments

This is an image of one of my resident red-bellied woodpeckers. When the red-bellied's arrive all other birds vacate the feeding station. If they dare try to get a seed from the feeder the red-bellied will gladly relieve them of some of their feathers.

50D, 100-400 @ 400, 1/1000 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 400

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11 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Marella on December 16, 2012 at 7:03 PM

Nice, Wayne. I love these guys.Interesting light and a great perch/tree. A few bright spots in the BG are a little distracting, but well exposed and sharp.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 16, 2012 at 7:16 PM

Nice pose and eye contact from this WP. I like the detail in the tree trunk a lot. I agree to dampen the BG bright spots a bit.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 16, 2012 at 7:30 PM

Really nice light on the bird Wayne. The BG is fine with me as posted. Well done.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on December 16, 2012 at 9:23 PM

Wayne, you are having a great time in your backyard :). I like the light on the bird, but agree that a couple of background spots could be slightly darker.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 17, 2012 at 11:00 AM

I like the overall composition and the shadow/light contrast really adds to the image for me, well done.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on December 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM

I like the "spotlight" on its face. The red really pops, and you've got some nice complimentary colors surrounding it. My only issue is the placement of the bird in the center of the frame. I think you have some leeway to crop a bit off the left and still be okay.

Max

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on December 17, 2012 at 6:45 PM

That's an excellent image Wayne I really like the play of light on the tree and bird. Graham

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on December 18, 2012 at 10:55 AM

I love the light. Highlight and shadows look very nice. BG looks fine to me. I might take a bit more off on the left.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 18, 2012 at 3:55 PM

Wayne, I like the mottled light on bird and perch and I'm fine with the background as posted. I too would take some off the left. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 18, 2012 at 8:56 PM

The light fell in just the right spot on his face here Wayne, nice image

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on December 20, 2012 at 10:17 PM

The story is nice and the capture excellent.

Suggest a little less dead space right of tree trunk

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