Excellent detail and colors in this bird, Sandy. You did not indicate if this was hand held on the long 500mm. Always a challenge to use those longer & heavier lenses with such short DOF also.
The bird does appear to have a very small amount of catch light in the eye, always a nice feature in avian and fauna captures.
Posted by Harley Goldman on November 9, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Very pretty image, Sandy. Nice background colors to highlight the beautifully sharp bird. Some fine work.
Posted by Greg Cope on November 9, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Very nice nice Sandy. I especially love the background colors that brings the details of the bird out that much more.
Posted by Lon Overacker on November 10, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Great image of the woodpecker Sandy. You nailed the focus and the soft and colorful background is wonderful. Only nit - looks like this guy is just a tad oversharpened; but of course exaggerated by jpg compression. I'm sure the original is amazing.
Lon
Posted by Eric Good on November 13, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Man that liitle bit of red makes for a great focal point against that beautiful bg. No nits here... good stuff!
Posted by Bishop Bastien on November 14, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Discussion
6 replies500mm
1/500 sec, f/5
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 500
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
The bird does appear to have a very small amount of catch light in the eye, always a nice feature in avian and fauna captures.
Lon
Bishop