# Woody

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/woody/38622>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [December 21, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/woody/38622 "2023-12-21T19:07:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/woody/38622/1 "2023-12-21T19:07:23Z")

</div>

![WOODY.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/e/e/eeb4ade33fd7a12fb2932e7b627c885ccc075d6a.jpeg)

> **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_
> 
> The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

### Description

This guy comes in for our hanging suet block regularly. He’s pretty friendly, does not seem to mind my nearby presence. I never tire of shooting him. I am always in hopes of getting a “taking off” shot. Almost impossible but I’ll keep trying.

### Specific Feedback

Cropping about right?

### Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/1000th, f 9.0, 740mm, ISO 25600, cropped to 4555 x 5822

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/woody/38622/2 "2023-12-22T01:50:32Z")

</div>

In my neck of the woods, Pileated Woodpeckers are few and far between, so envious you have a regular visitor. Very nice look at one. I wonder if playing around with the contrast would make a difference.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/woody/38622/3 "2023-12-22T16:01:05Z")

</div>

Very good, Dave. They’re are plenty of them in my general area, but I’ve never gotten one nearby. I really like your composition and crop-to me it looks about perfect. The reds and whites in the bird look spot on, but I think you could go a bit darker on the blacks-but they could be lighter colored in your area, since a lot of birds are darker up here.