Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at nest hole

Posted by Terence P. Brashear on Sun Sep 28, 2003 12:14 pm

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I went camping in western Minnesota this past spring to take images of Chesnut-collared Longspur at Felton Prairie. The campsite I stayed at had lots of large deciduous trees near a running stream. A pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers were flying in to this nest hole to feed a VERY loudly calling youngster. I need to get my hands on a 550ex to add some fill which would have made this a better image.

Canon D30, Canon 600mm f/4, ISO 200, RAW, 1/130, f/4, YarcPlus, Photshop, levels, usm, cropped ~4%.

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Terry

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Sep 28, 2003 12:21 pm

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I think this will be a very nice photo when you correct the very strong yellow/green color cast.

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by Terence P. Brashear on Sun Sep 28, 2003 12:32 pm

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Replaced the image with one that I adjusted the saturation to remove the yellow cast.

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Sep 28, 2003 12:41 pm

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Terence,

Great image. I think it could handle some more sharpening and I think it could use some more contrast, it just looks a little flat to me. The pose is awesome and the tree has great detail.

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by Terence P. Brashear on Sun Sep 28, 2003 1:12 pm

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Added contrast and USM.

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by Harvey Edelman on Sun Sep 28, 2003 1:13 pm

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The yellow cast is still there and I downloaded it and tried. tried adjusting it with levels and still couldn't get it out completely. Since you have the RAW file, I'd try to readjust the white balance. A nice pose and a wothwhile image to try and fix.

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by Terence P. Brashear on Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:40 pm

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Reprocessed in YarcPlus with the white balance set to Tungsten and the EV Comp to + 1.3.

Thanks for the recommendation Harvey on adjusting the white balance I think that helped a lot.

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Sun Sep 28, 2003 4:11 pm

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Always thought that was a funny name for a bird

No one round here believes me when I tell them I didn't just make it up. This is actually the first shot I've seen of one, thanks. I don't find the cast objectionable in the contrast/usm adjusted version. Probably because I don't know what colour the feathers are supposed to be, and the light on the trunk just looks like dappled light through leaves to me.