Just a Downy Woodpecker

Dixie

...in my backyard.

Maestro

Downy wooodpecker seem to be more tolerant of humans taking photos than others. Nice job.

Dixie

Maestro wrote:

Downy wooodpecker seem to be more tolerant of humans taking photos than others. Nice job.

Thanks, Maestro, but I don't know how tolerant he was. This was shot with a Canon XTi and a 100-400 at 400mm x 1.6 sensor size conversion factor and a 2X TC. That means it was shot at an effective 1280 mm.

Harryb

Great capture Dixie, love that background.

dbaker1221

good capture

ShepsMom

Another masterpiece of yours. Great capture!

Maestro

Dixie wrote:

Thanks, Maestro, but I don't know how tolerant he was. This was shot with a Canon XTi and a 100-400 at 400mm x 1.6 sensor size conversion factor and a 2X TC. That means it was shot at an effective 1280 mm.

Wow Dixie, considering you are using a zoom plus the 2X TC, that shot is pretty sharp. Usually, the 2X or even 1.4X TC do not do well with zooms. At least that is what I have heard.

ginger_55

WOW!!!! Love dem woodpeckers! First one I ever saw was last year.
Cool shot! ginger

Dixie

Harryb wrote:

Great capture Dixie, love that background.

Thanks, Harry. That was nature's backdrop. The background was made up of trees and shadows with one spot where some light was coming through. It did make for a nice look.

Dixie

dbaker1221 wrote:

good capture

Thanks, Dave.

Dixie

ShepsMom wrote:

Another masterpiece of yours. Great capture!

Thank you, Marina. Your comments are appreciated.

Dixie

Maestro wrote:

Wow Dixie, considering you are using a zoom plus the 2X TC, that shot is pretty sharp. Usually, the 2X or even 1.4X TC do not do well with zooms. At least that is what I have heard.

Thanks, Maestro. Works pretty well for me. However at f/11 (that's what the 100-400 goes to when used with the 2X TC), ISO 1600, it can get problematic. I had to clean up some of the noise from the high ISO which was primarily in the background area. Then I use nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 for the sharpening.

Dixie

ginger_55 wrote:

WOW!!!! Love dem woodpeckers! First one I ever saw was last year.
Cool shot! ginger

Thank you, Ginger.

Shasoc

Very nice shot, with a smooth looking bg. Good job with that combo.

sskoutas

Great shot Dixie! Thanks again for all of your efforts in explaining your post workflow for the rest of us last week. The talent and technique show through well here. Great capture and a perfect BG.

Dixie

Shasoc wrote:

Very nice shot, with a smooth looking bg. Good job with that combo.

Thank you for the comments.

Dixie

sskoutas wrote:

Great shot Dixie! Thanks again for all of your efforts in explaining your post workflow for the rest of us last week. The talent and technique show through well here. Great capture and a perfect BG.

Stephen,

Thank you for the very kind comments.

Image Maker

Pretty little bird. Great job
Deb

Dixie

Image Maker wrote:

Pretty little bird. Great job
Deb

Thanks, Deb.

dallas

Wish I had a Downy in my backyard. Nice.

Dixie

dallas wrote:

Wish I had a Downy in my backyard. Nice.

Thanks, Dallas. I also have a larger red-breasted woodpecker, but he is by far the most shy. Next time I try to shoot him, I am going to pre-focus because I swear he hears the USM focusing and flies everytime I push the shutter halfway down to get the measurements. ...but I'll get him yet.