Red-bellied Woodpecker.

Posted by Karl Egressy on Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:39 am

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Canon 5D IV
Canon 500 f 4.0 II. + 1.4x III.
ISO 2000
f 7.1
1/500 s

Original image have been replaced based on Tim's suggestion
on composition. (See below)

Last edited by Karl Egressy on Fri Dec 30, 2016 7:40 am, edited 2 times in total.

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by James Vellozzi on Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:48 am

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Beautiful Karl! Love the Soft colors throughout..

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by TerryWSmith on Thu Dec 29, 2016 10:18 am

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Brilliant shot Karl. Colors-comp and that smooth background. Very nice.

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by Matt Filosa on Thu Dec 29, 2016 4:44 pm

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Superbly exposed, Karl. Love the tones of the tree and BG. Nice choice with vertical comp as well.

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by Tim Zurowski on Thu Dec 29, 2016 6:15 pm

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Karl, this image is a winner in all aspects except composition for me. I love the soft lighting, beautiful BG and wonderful colours, and that perch is quite nice as well. Compositionally it way too left heavy for my eye. I would move it so the bird is way more to the right with much more space behind the pole. For me, woodpecker images still need the space in front of the bird rule to look balanced.

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by Karl Egressy on Thu Dec 29, 2016 6:45 pm

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Tim Zurowski wrote:Karl, this image is a winner in all aspects except composition for me. I love the soft lighting, beautiful BG and wonderful colours, and that perch is quite nice as well. Compositionally it way too left heavy for my eye. I would move it so the bird is way more to the right with much more space behind the pole. For me, woodpecker images still need the space in front of the bird rule to look balanced.

Thanks for your kind words, Tim.
I'll keep in mind for next time what you suggested about the composition.

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by Denis55 on Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:28 pm

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Excellent shot with great details and tones,Karl!

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by Homer on Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:45 am

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Gorgeous image Karl

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by Mike Danzenbaker on Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:50 am

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Beautiful color palette, and Tim beat me to it on the left-heavy composition.

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by WDCarrier on Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:30 am

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Phenomenal detail and colors on this image. Makes me want to consider a full-frame camera.

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by Karl Egressy on Fri Dec 30, 2016 7:41 am

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Thanks Tim Mike and all of you. I corrected the composition. I hope you like it.
Thanks, Dean. The 5D Mark IV has been the best camera I have ever had, just love it.

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by Debapratim Saha on Fri Dec 30, 2016 7:44 am

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Great portrait in every aspect now.

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by ANIT MITRA on Fri Dec 30, 2016 2:51 pm

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Excellent shot of the beautiful bird....nice colour and complementary bg...

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by Carol Clarke on Fri Dec 30, 2016 5:33 pm

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Superb shot Karl! I love everything about this wonderful image and the colours and detail are amazing.

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by Karl Egressy on Tue Jan 03, 2017 5:31 pm

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Thank you all and thanks for the E.P. title. (My favorite Woodpecker species.)

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by Rachels on Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:28 pm

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wonderful shot Karl!
love the warm tones as an added touch

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by David Salem on Thu Jan 05, 2017 6:22 pm

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Late to the party Karl but I had to say "Killer Karl" Love everything about this one. Congrats on the well deserved EP

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