Red Bellied Woodpecker
Uploaded: October 17, 2011 19:32:07
was all set up to shoot birds on my feeder (Doves and parrots)....I had my D700, Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 AFS, and my Gitzo tripod all set up and dialed in with the right setting for the lighting conditions....and low and behold the little Red Bellied Woodpecker landed about 8 ft from me on one of my Palm Trees.... I have been trying for years to get close to one of these... I was afraid to click the shutter and spook it.... but it stuck around for a 1/2 dozen shots....... Now I had no clue if the shots were exposed properly because I was afraid to move my head and look. But I had just dialed everything in a few minutes earlier, so I felt pretty good that the exposure was correct :drinks:
Sometimes photography IS about luck.... Here is the image.
Comments and suggestions welcome.
Exif: F Number: 2.8, Exposure Bias Value: -1.33, ExposureTime: 1/640 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 1000, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 300.00 mm, Model: NIKON D700
Michelle Alton October 18, 2011
Could not have been more perfectly executed, Joe. The bird may have been too young to have fear! #1416216Carla Capra Anderson October 18, 2011
Hi Joe,Ujjwal Mukherjee November 17, 2011
....and Luck favours the prepared mind....and you were certainly prepared for it....love this image, a superb one! ...congratulations on your excellent finalist,Joe!! #9812620Carla Capra Anderson November 17, 2011
Congrats, Joe.Merna L. Nobile November 18, 2011
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