Red-Bellied Woodpecker - First Attempt


Posted by Brandon Pittam on Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:35 pm

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I hope this is the right species of woodpecker :wink:
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Well, I was out taking pictures at Longwood Gardens for their Spring Bloom (indoors of course, because it is 20 degrees here in Pa). But I ventured outside to see what I could get pictures of. I was walking along a path with my girlfriend and she whispered that there was a woodpecker in the tree. So I switched lenses and started shooting. Then the woodpecker decided to fly to another tree and I followed and got a couple more pictures. With a handheld I was happy that one shot came out and that’s the one posted.
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by mhp767 on Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:08 pm
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Hi Brandon- This is a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a pretty good find in this area. You captured it very well! I think you may have motivated me to go out to Longwood (a 10 min. drive for me) this winter. Thanks!
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by Alan Murphy on Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:57 pm
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Brandon, a great first attempt. the bird looks great with good detail.
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by Juan E. Bahamon on Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:04 pm
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Brandon:

Great steady technique to be handheld. Very sharp. Thanks for sharing.
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by DC on Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:06 am
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Excellent first attempt. Detail is superb. Well done
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by fredcor on Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:20 am
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This is an incredible first attempt. If you are going to seriously venture into avian photography, you are going to be hard to beat!
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by joseph motto on Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:57 am
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Brandon,
Nice and sharp for handheld at that shutter speed and lens. Keep at it and post some more.
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by Bill Whala on Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:28 am
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Excellent for a first or twentieth attempt. :D
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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:42 pm
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Very well done and welcome aboard. A trick you may want to try in the future to eliminate the white background is to underexpose the scene and then fill the subject in with flash. You would do this by dialing about a -2 setting on the exposure compensation while setting the flash at about -1/3 to -2/3.
 

by Brandon Pittam on Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:31 pm
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Thanks to all the comments and it is a pleasure to be here and posting my pictures.

EJ - I can adjust the exposure compensation no problem, but if you were talking about the FEC - the 300d doesn't have the FEC feature. I also noticed alot of people have a better beamer on their flashes. Would that be effective with my 75-300mm? Or are their primarily used for larger lenses?


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