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Nesting Great-spotted Woodpeckers

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on May 3, 2012 at 5:55 AM
Nesting Great-spotted Woodpeckers
Hi Guys,

Here's a shot i took yesterday from a hide at a Great-spotted Woodpecker nesting site.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

p.s: More Great-spottted Woodpeckers on my Flickr-page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeroenstel/

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: M
Exposure compensation: - 2/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 3, 2012 at 6:03 AM
Cool Jeroen, having the two in this aspect is lovely and the contrast of textures of the bark juxtapose to the BKG works well. Personally would like some variation of greens in the BKG rather than just a single colour, but hey... :wink:

Nice timing.

TFS
Steve
Posted by keith mitchell on May 3, 2012 at 6:46 AM
Jeroen both birds pin sharp and a nice bg,it really is super.

Keith.
Posted by Neil Burton on May 3, 2012 at 7:14 AM
That should be photo of the decade, brilliant... :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Bob Johnson on May 3, 2012 at 7:50 AM
Fabulous Jeroen. I think the plain BG makes the birds really stand out but a hint of the woods in the BG would also be good :wink:

Bob :smile:
Posted by Craig Jones on May 3, 2012 at 7:53 AM
Love it as shot Jeroen and BG is what it is. Wonderful composition and getting two like this makes this a super image :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Kim Connolly on May 3, 2012 at 11:37 AM
This is just brilliant Jeroen, just one problem , I wish I had taken it!! :toast: :toast:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on May 3, 2012 at 12:08 PM
My kind of image...nice and simple with the birds standing out in all their glory. Well timed and executed shat at 1/100s.

Nick. :smile: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on May 3, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Excellent. :toast:
Posted by Graham Goddard on May 3, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Spot on Jeroen - love the clean BG. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on May 3, 2012 at 3:49 PM
Superb Jeroen! :toast: :toast:

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by Phil Ellard on May 3, 2012 at 4:40 PM
Suprised the BG is a talking point :confused: this shot is cracking as is :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on May 3, 2012 at 5:38 PM
Perfection. :eek:

:toast: :toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by David Sewell on May 4, 2012 at 9:25 AM
All been said, an excellent shot.

David