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Home » ANIMALS- WILDLIFE « Previous image  · Slide Show · Next image » « Previous image · Next image » Green Woodpecker Click on image to view larger image « Previous image  · Slide Show · Next image » Photo Details mortcdz Registered: January 2009 Posts: 1,837 Back in Norfolk I tried for 2 years to get a decent shot of one of a pair of Green Woodpeckers who lived in some woods opposite my house - 2 years of blurred images and hearing them laugh at me (and yes, they do laugh!!) So imagine my joy at seeing a pair as I walked around Valentines Park, both more intent on eating bugs off the ground than on the photographer creeping up on them. They were still wild birds though, and did soon take to the wing, but not before I'd got this image and another couple I like :-) Cropped from a larger picture and adjusted in Photoshop (increased saturation to compensate for a dull day, and sharpened) · Date: Tue June 22, 2010 · Views: 165 · Additional Info Keywords: Valentines Park Woodpecker Camera Make / Model: Canon 450D Lens Make / Focal Length: Sigma 50-500mm Event e.g. Grand Prix, Birthday, Sunrise: Feeding Squirrels State / County / Area Image Taken: London Country Image Taken United Kingdom Processing Software Applications Used Photoshop CS3 « more · more »

Author Thread   janper44 Registered: December 2009 Posts: 7,083 Tue June 22, 2010 7:59pm The work we photographers have to do to capture that picture we want and then by sheer accident we have that picture presented to us. That bug in front of the woodpecker really has focused its attention away from yourself... hunger overcomes fear. veejaycee Registered: February 2009 Posts: 5,689 Tue June 22, 2010 8:34pm You did well to get close to capture one of these. Like yourself I've seen them often from a distance but they rarely allow any approach near enough to photograph so I've yet to capture one. Vixpix Registered: June 2009 Posts: 1,014 Wed June 23, 2010 5:39am Hi Mark, You did well to sneak up close enough to get so much detail!! and no (very loud) laughter this time Congratulations on a well earned and fine image!! Regards Vic. Shimshams Registered: April 2009 Posts: 948 Wed June 23, 2010 8:44am Really strange, 5 minuits ago we were just watching one on the school field looking for bugs, alas no camera, then I opened this. Co incidences...great shot, looks very sharp, well captured. You can cross it off your list now. Best wishes Rob

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