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Description
I got this pose of a male hairy woodpecker recently out back. I rarely see these.
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How’s the cropping? BG okay?
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Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/1000th, f 9.0, 760mm, ISO 9000, cropped to 4021 x 4663.
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Very nice job on the downy, Dave. You might look at doing something to reduce the prominence of the bark pattern in the background as it has a tendency to dominate the image.
Hi Dave,
Dennis raises an interesting point about the background. I dutifully subdue the background in most of my wildlife images, but sometimes I wish I could allow the background to speak for itself. It often is a legitimate part of the animal’s environment. I especially enjoy the bark in your image because it’s not only an element of the bird’s world, but is also an Intriguing mosaic pattern.
Russ
Nice catch of a bird I hardly ever get to see. I like the natural elements throughout in the image including the bark BG for my taste. Bird seems a bit soft in the largest image size.
