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Young G. S.Woodpecker. + repost

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Posted by Phil Mclean on July 6, 2010 at 6:57 AM
Young G. S.Woodpecker. + repost
Taken from a hide in the back garden.The bird is a local resident,the section of tree was in a wood about 20 miles away and transported to my garden and I've no idea where the peanuts originated.
Canon 1D Mk11N,300+1.4 canon lens,1/160 f7.1 and iso 400.

Phil. :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on July 6, 2010 at 7:22 AM
Plenty of these around at the moment. Good shot Phil but I think the bird seems a little flat
(Not like run over :biggrin: ) The whites need lifting to give it that bit of guts.Although some might think the tree dominates a bit I quite like it.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 6, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Nice setting Phil.

Agree with John, easy fixed Phil and it does look much better, it needs the 'pop' factor. Good detail in the feather, but just wonder if you need to knock the sharpening back a fraction elsewhere?

TFS
Steve :wavey:
Posted by Shaun Boycott-Tayl on July 6, 2010 at 8:50 AM
Nice piece of wood.

Agree with John and Steve the whites need lifting a bit and that will make the image "pop" a bit more.

Shaun :wavey:
Posted by Karen Summers on July 6, 2010 at 10:56 AM
nice shot agree about the whites
Posted by Cliff Young on July 6, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Nits covered, nice shot, Phil.
Posted by Dale Sutton on July 6, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Hi Phil great shot, could do with a tad more contrast.

Dale :toast:
Posted by Shaun Simpson on July 6, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Agree about nits but a great shot :toast: :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on July 6, 2010 at 4:01 PM
Nit's covered ,i like it!
:toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 7, 2010 at 4:13 AM
I've no problem with the tree (it's a woodpecker after all!) but that fungus is a bit distracting for me.
Posted by Phil Mclean on July 7, 2010 at 7:42 AM
I've tried to re work this image.
If it's any better,it's thanks to the advice of Steve K.
If it's not,it's down to my shortcomings in the world of computers.
Thanks for looking and all comments.

Phil. :wavey:
Posted by David Kjaer on July 7, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Beautiful - love the soft light and colours.

David :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 8, 2010 at 2:32 AM
Nits covered and it's a shame about he bracket fungus as I think it competes a little with the bird.

Kind regards,

Brett :toast: