Woodpecker in the trees

Critique Style Requested: Standard

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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:

Specific Feedback

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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