Great Spotted Woodpecker

Discussion

8 replies

Posted by Chris Lloyd on November 21, 2006 at 7:32 AM

Hi All,

Thanks for the replies on my last post.

This is a Woodpecker which I took this morning at the same site as the Jay post last week. We also have a Sparrowhawk visiting so hopefully he will pose for me too!

The techs were:
D2X, 200-400mm 1.7tc, 1/100th sec at F8 iso640, cropped from the right slightly.

C and C welcome

Regards Chris
www.c-m-l.com

Posted by Larry Corbett on November 21, 2006 at 7:40 AM

An impressive result, I would have been tempted to use a subtle bit of fill flash just to lift it a bit, also I might have panned my camera slightly to the right to better balance the composition

Posted by Chas Spradbery on November 21, 2006 at 8:13 AM

Very Nice. I would be pleased if this were mine.

Posted by A.R.D on November 21, 2006 at 10:31 AM

Hello Chris

Nice image - maybe flip it right - left? Works better for me anyway.

Regards

Posted by Terry on November 21, 2006 at 10:54 AM

Very nice Chris with lovely detail in the whites and blacks

Terry

Posted by Dennis Alden on November 21, 2006 at 11:54 AM

Spot on for me Chris - I think you have handled the exposure well. Certainly makes me envious!

dennis

Posted by Rob Ashton on November 21, 2006 at 2:02 PM

Very nice Chris.

Rob

Posted by John Chapman on November 22, 2006 at 5:35 AM

Hi Chris
nice image with plenty of detail in the plumage.

Posted by Helge Sorensen on November 23, 2006 at 8:35 AM

Very nice image, Chris. Comp. works fine for me, but I would be tempted to run another round of USM on just the head.