Great Spotted Woodpecker

Well after months of trying to get the woody that visits my garden most days I have finally managed to get some shots of him out in the open.He usually feeds under my shady old apple tree that would have made a terrible image but having the patience has paid off and he now is coming more and more.I have enjoyed watching him so much and hoped he would bring a chick like he did last year, but sadly no chick as arrived.Light can still be a pain though if its to sunny and bright it doesn t work to shadowy so I had to try for a more even light if you know what I mean.

Canon 1DMK4,Canon 500f4L + 1.4 convertor,ISO 400,F7.1,1/200

Everything spot on Karen.No nits on a perfect image,as far as I'm concerned.

Phil.

Yes, excellent classic GSW image.

Lovely image Karen and the soft light works wonders here.

Very nice Karen



Shot is very good but have you removed something from the right hand side at the bottom and a bit further up ? if so you need to redo it.

Beautiful image,love the composition,detail is great and the catch light brings the bird to light,wonderful image Karen

Nice detail in the bird Karen, with such a nice background I may have been tempted to have a little less tree with a little more space to the right of the bird, but no big deal.

Must be my eyes as no one else seems to have a problem with it but the face and beak look soft/out of focus to me. Nice to get one in the garden though.

thanks everyone,Ian thanks for pointing that out I don t know what caused this must have been through the processing haven t cloned anything , I did see and re did it and then posted the wrong one the other one is fine , can t repost but will be joining soon so will be able to next time, did the same on another forum but was able to post the correct one on there
Don t think its out of focus Maggie but will have a look

Hello Karen.

Lovely detailed shot and the composition is fine for me.

Very nice woody

Ron

Good detail Karen and some lovely textures on that bark. I disagree with Andy Snape about the amount of tree. Woodpeckers are intrinsically tree birds and the setting is as important for me as the actual bird so I like to see a decent amount of the tree and in this one I think you have just the right balance Nice to have them in the garden isn't it and I can fully sympathise regarding the lighting for these, especially at this time of the year.

Very good capture Karen, looks sharp enough to me. Pose, perch and BG work well together.

Andy...

Nice shot Karen.

thanks everyone correct one posted now

Very nice

Ian