Fight! -and another one

Had great fun with the Greater Spotted this month in the garden. Two pairs with two chicks. They spend more time fighting than eating.
These are two males at it. Big crop off a horizontal
D200
50-500 Sigma
250th @f8
800 ISO
Cheers
JohnR
PS
Sorry I havn.t been putting many comments on of late but connection has been terrible . Not sorted yet.

Good action shot John.

Robert

A great action shot of 2 males rarely seen like this. John

Nice behavioural capture John.

Cheers,
Chris

Great action image!

Nice action shot..my only nit would be the hole drilled for the fat
but otherwise perfect..


Mark

Thanks all Appreciated.
mark
You are absolutely right. I set it up in that way on a thin perch just to get the fight stuff so I thought I might as well leave it as it was, as it was pretty obvious.
Cheers
John

A lovely action shot John, and well timed.

Fran

lovely pair well taken john

Fabulous shot John!

Hello John.

I think this is a cracking shot and you have captured the moment well.

But !!!!! and I hope you will forgive me. I'm not keen on the fat showing and also the tape at the bottom of the stick. I dont mind in the least if its a setup as the image is very pleasing to view. And feel you have gone to the troudle of getting the image and then just not finished it off, Which would have only taken a couple of minites in PS or what ever program you are using.

Sorry for going on but I like the image and feel it would be better with out the fat and tape.

It is a good shot John

Nits covered - if you lived close by I'd lend you my 'Big Dog' and you could have another go with some better control of the background bokeh..

Agree with Mark's comment but this is a very attractive shot wich i would love to have in my files!
Well done!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Thanks all.
Interesting comments.
Andy - I wanted something of a background in the picture, and in any case the site is restricted in many ways as to what and where you can put stuff and the hides.
Guy- I never noticed the tape, and I,m not sure why its there as the tree branch is in the ground.
Probably left over from some distant excercise.
Cheers
John

Lovely images John-Sorry i havent commented lately but have seen some good work coming from you-love the sand Martin
Regards

Dave

Hi John.
Before you start it wasn't me that left the tape
Lovely Pecker picture!!!!!
Mitch.

Wow, that looks fun to watch.
Lovely shots.

Tim

Love the behaviour captured here John and the sunlit background on the first image makes for a very attractive backdrop. The visible food is a shame, as mentioned, but the action and setting is great.