A Couple of Peckers

[Shakey]

Woodpeckers that is.:rolleyes

Northern Flicker , they usually dont pose like this for me. Butt it was very nice of it to show me its butt.:wink
http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/17627868-M.jpg


And A Downey Woodpecker

http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/17627872-M.jpg

http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/17627875-M.jpg


This downey kept trying to land on my lens. Soon after these were taken the snow started to fly and it was time to pack up go home and process.



Cheers,
Tim

[Steve Cavigliano]

First the Pheasant now a hard to capture Flicker. I'm starting to really get upset with you, Tim :lol4


Seriously, very nice shots. I just wish you could have gotten a bit closer to the Flicker, butt shot or no, but they're pretty skittish so it's understandable. Your other woodpeckers are very nice. Love those bright red heads :thumb :thumb


Glad to see you remembered to insert your CF card :lol The pics turn out so much better that way :bad

Thanks for sharing,
Steve

[wxwax]

Hey Tim, those are nice shots. I really like the color contrast between the bird and the wood. Very pleasing. But it looks to me like the birds are soft. I checked out your EXIF. It kind looks like f3.2 is too narrow a depth of field for 400mm. :dunno Like, the wood is really crisp in the first and last shots, but the birds aren't. Whaddya think?

[Shakey]

First the Pheasant now a hard to capture Flicker. I'm starting to really get upset with you, Tim :lol4


Seriously, very nice shots. I just wish you could have gotten a bit closer to the Flicker, butt shot or no, but they're pretty skittish so it's understandable. Your other woodpeckers are very nice. Love those bright red heads :thumb :thumb


Glad to see you remembered to insert your CF card :lol The pics turn out so much better that way :bad

Thanks for sharing,
SteveRemember Fred Flintstones camera the bird did all the work :lol.
As for the pheasant I am constantly bumping into him but I can't get too close just yet. And I have pooched a couple of BIF shots:cry .

I will keep trying.

Tim

[Shakey]

Hey Tim, those are nice shots. I really like the color contrast between the bird and the wood. Very pleasing. But it looks to me like the birds are soft. I checked out your EXIF. It kind looks like f3.2 is too narrow a depth of field for 400mm. :dunno Like, the wood is really crisp in the first and last shots, but the birds aren't. Whaddya think?Focal length was 200mm the iso was 400, and you are ,100% correct I am still learning this lens and couple that with todays low fading light and I did not get the sharpness I desired.

I remember using AF and then some manual focus, I think 4.0 might have been a better option here and using a tripod with todays low light however I left my tripod in the other car . Doh!

Thanks for looking Waxy and I appreciate your help.:thumb

Tim

[wxwax]

Oops, thanks for the correction. This is very interesting, DOF on a long lens is a good thing to talk about.

[GREAPER]

Nice shots. The thread title scared me, LOL

[Harryb]

Hey Tim,

Good captures. Those smaller birds are so much ahrder to get good shots of thna my big old birds. Nice work. :thumb