Woodpecker in the trees

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Description

Just got back into bird photos and this guy was one of my first ones. He kind of posed for me. I didn’t have to work too hard to get his photo. :slight_smile:

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Not sure if I cropped too much. He was in the middle of trees… more than what you see. I didn’t do too much editing… did denoise and played around a little with shadows and highlights.

Technical Details

Nikon z8, 1/640. at f/8 focal length 560, ISO 3600.

I used a Niko n Z400 with a 1.4 converter. …

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Very nice pose from this fellow. It’s posted quite small, so it’s difficult to evaluate the detail, but it appears ok. He is perfectly centered in the image, which is not ideal - an off-set would add interest. If you have the pixels, a closer crop with the bird further on the right might work well