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Another of the occasional times (earlier this spring) that I manage to shoot a bird in an actual tree!
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All comments welcome! I don’t know why we can’t see the tail, which they use to prop themselves up – I didn’t clone any part of the bird.
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It was pretty far way – about a 50% crop with not great IQ. Not much done beyond global shadows and highlights. A limb removed on the right.
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Great in catching this guy at an unusual angle. Being on the bottom of this limb. It goes with the other images I saw !!! Great light on his face and I really like the limb he is on. Really nice !!!
Excellent image, Diane. I love the contorted pose and obvious concentration.
Hi Diane
Fascinating photograph with great eye contact.
Peter
Diane:
This appears to be a Downey woodpecker. I do like that positioning to the fact that the depth of field covers the entire bird. Good coloration. Unusual point of view.
Thanks, @Gill_Vanderlip, @Dennis_Plank, @Peter_Morrissey and @David_Schoen! David, it’s an Acorn WP – about the only kind I ever see on our property, although there are a few others in town and farther away. We have a huge population of Acorn WPs in our area and I think they drive others away. Several years ago there was cute pair of Nuttall’s but I haven’t seen them since.
Love the eye on this little guy Diane and I like your POV. Blue BG adds a pleasing touch to the whole image, and nice detail in the feathers. Well seen and captured!
