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Bearded Woodpecker - Kenya

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Posted by Austin Thomas on October 4, 2009 at 5:20 AM
Hi all,

Just back from the annual trip to Kenya. Plenty of large mammals as you might expect but I also spent some time looking for the smaller birds.

This woodpecker must have spent about 20 minutes drilling into the side of a small tree. I had time to change lenses, take some images, then add a converter while it was digging into the tree.

It finally pulled this bug out.

C&C welcome.

Canon 1DMk3, 500m + 1.4x converter, f6.3, 1/1600, ISO200

Posted by Paul Inglis on October 4, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Love the muted browns! Nice to see something different from Kenya!
Posted by Tim Taylor on October 4, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Superb. Great warmth to the lighting and the detail and the interest are there too. I guess a little more room might be nice for my taste.

Tim :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on October 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Lovely portrait captured here, great detail, very nice :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Ian Mason on October 4, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Excellent catch! I wonder if it could do with brightening just a little?
Posted by David Sewell on October 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Don't see shots of these often, it makes a nice change from rollers and bee-eaters. The exposure looks dead right to me.

David

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Fran French on October 6, 2009 at 2:13 AM
A pleasure to view this one. I like the lighting and detail, and the bug is the icing.

Fran