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Great Spotted Woodpecker

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Posted by Karen Summers on July 10, 2010 at 3:55 PM
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




Posted by Phil Mclean on July 10, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Everything spot on Karen.No nits on a perfect image,as far as I'm concerned.

Phil. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on July 10, 2010 at 4:09 PM
Yes, excellent classic GSW image.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Justin on July 10, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Lovely image Karen and the soft light works wonders here. :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on July 10, 2010 at 5:21 PM
Very nice Karen :toast:



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. :wink:
Posted by Craig Jones on July 10, 2010 at 5:44 PM
Beautiful image,love the composition,detail is great and the catch light brings the bird to light,wonderful image Karen :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Andy Snape on July 10, 2010 at 6:19 PM
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. :smile:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on July 10, 2010 at 6:19 PM
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.
Posted by Karen Summers on July 10, 2010 at 6:45 PM
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 :frown: , 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 :smile:
Don t think its out of focus Maggie but will have a look
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 11, 2010 at 4:00 AM
Hello Karen.

Lovely detailed shot and the composition is fine for me.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Ron McCombe on July 11, 2010 at 4:34 AM
Very nice woody

Ron
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 11, 2010 at 5:31 AM
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.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 12, 2010 at 9:36 AM

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

Andy...
Posted by Cliff Young on July 12, 2010 at 11:42 AM
Nice shot Karen. :toast:
Posted by Karen Summers on July 12, 2010 at 12:36 PM
thanks everyone correct one posted now :smile:
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 12, 2010 at 2:52 PM
Very nice

Ian