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Green Woodpecker

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Posted by Phil Shaw on June 8, 2010 at 2:16 PM
Green Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) - female

Canon 1Ds Mk3, 600/f4 + 12mm extension tube, WH2 + Gitzo 3530LSV, two off camera flash units 580EXII set to manual fired with Pocket Wizard radio triggers.
Manual exposure mode f11, 1/250, iso 160.
RAW image processed in Capture One; sharpened in Photoshop CS4, full frame.


Another long-term project has come to fruition. I can’t remember how long I’ve been trying to get these birds to come to feeders, but I finally got them to figured it out and have both male and female coming on a regular basis. The only problem is that I get Great Spotted Woodpeckers too and the male GSW is very aggressive and drives the Greens away when he sees them, although they are twice his size.
Posted by marek szczepanek on June 8, 2010 at 2:28 PM
nice pictures.what she eat,fat balls?
Posted by Nigel Blake on June 8, 2010 at 2:41 PM
That fairly jumps off the screen, Phil!
Posted by Graham Goddard on June 8, 2010 at 3:01 PM
Very very nice complimentary colours Phil. :wink:
Posted by John MacTavish on June 8, 2010 at 3:09 PM
Not much to not like about this , if anything at all.
Great when a long term plan comes up trumps. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Phil Mclean on June 8, 2010 at 3:53 PM
That's one sharp image.Nice trunk and background too.Very very good!

Phil. :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on June 8, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Hi Phil
Have come back to this a dozen times.
Tech wise this is perfect but I am afraid for me it's a bit too " studio " lit.
Just my personal opinion.
Still a great shot.
JohnR
Posted by Rob Howard on June 8, 2010 at 7:28 PM
Hi Phil,

It has been a long time youve been after these hasnt it !! Well you have got your rewards, this is stunning, I really cant fault it. Well done

Regards

Rob
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 9, 2010 at 3:06 AM
Wow, stunning quality, absolutely fantastic.

Tim
Posted by Craig Jones on June 9, 2010 at 4:18 AM
Lovely image,they are really hard to get a 'clean' shot of,bird looks a tad bright and the bait hole in the trunk may need a bit of work,beautiful detail in the bird :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Simon Litten on June 9, 2010 at 7:22 AM
An incredibly well executed shot :toast: Well done, your efforts have been justly rewarded.


Simon
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on June 9, 2010 at 8:20 AM
A great looking image Phil.

Phil.

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Posted by Matt Cole on June 9, 2010 at 9:22 AM
that is very nice indeed. A beauty.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on June 9, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Just stunning Phil,
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Bertl
Posted by Mark Davies on June 9, 2010 at 1:12 PM
No nits from me, a stirling image
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 9, 2010 at 1:36 PM
Great use of flash-A bird not often seen on here

Dave :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Justin on June 10, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Well up to your usual high standards Phil. A pleasure to view.
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