Gold Fronted Woodpecker

Gallery: AvianPosted November 13, 2014148 views10 comments

I took this shot this past May at a ranch near McAllen, Texas. This bird is found in Central America, Texas and Oklahoma.
Taken with a D4, 500 mm and TC 1.4, at 1/4000, f/7.1, ISO 1800 and -2/3ev. This is about 80% of the original. Richard

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 13, 2014 at 3:22 PM

Cool looking bird. Need to see larger version to fully appreciate. the bird placement in the frame is ideal IMHO, as it doesn't compete with the vegetation. Not sure why the high ISO and shutter speed unless you were expecting him to fly. Well done.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on November 13, 2014 at 3:28 PM

Excellent as posted. Very nice image quality for the ISO - I never would have guessed it.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on November 13, 2014 at 5:03 PM

Nice colors and I like the vegetation on the right side -- just oof enough to give the picture some depth

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on November 13, 2014 at 6:05 PM

Nice bird, very sharp image.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 13, 2014 at 6:16 PM

Sweet portrait of this handsome woodpecker Richard. I like the spot light effect of this photo.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on November 13, 2014 at 8:23 PM

Looks good to me. Like thecrop. Many don't like the "squaries "!!
JohnR

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on November 13, 2014 at 11:26 PM

Nice pose and composition. Well done Richard !

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 14, 2014 at 2:27 AM

Wonderful pose and nice species! Also like the composition a lot ! On the green leaves on the right I see some white spots ? No idea if this is noise, but maybe worth trying to fix ! Cheers,Hans

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on November 17, 2014 at 8:23 AM

Nice pose and head turn on this one Richard. I agree with Hans about the right side looking a bit noisy, however, it is an easy fix. Nice work

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 19, 2014 at 2:23 AM

Great perch and setting Richard

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