Lesser Goldenbacked Woodpecker

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• kmr13777 (703)
• [2008-04-02 20:32]

Kudos Smitha!
This one's an excellent shot. Very nice details and colors captured. Specially the dark green BG is very rich and is complimenting the subject. great POV too!!

Excellent Composition!!

TFS
Kirti

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• rcrick (68)
• [2008-04-02 20:32]

Wow Smitha,
What an awesome picture, excellent detail, wonderful colours and POV, perfect framing, really nice work all the best Cheers Rick :) I might add the OOF background really sets this off, just wonderful :)

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• JPlumb (2904)
• [2008-04-02 20:52]

Hi Smitha, this is neat. I have never seen a Goldenbacked Woodpecker before, so thanks for the introduction here. The composition is good with him working on this tree and you've picked up very excellent colour and detail on this guy. I am particularly keen on that because I've been looking at that same lens combination you have used here. That looks good. Very nice and very helpful.

Thanks, John

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• bobair (44)
• [2008-04-02 20:55]
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Hi Smitha,
what a fascinating looking woodpecker and one that has been well captured by you.It is interesting how much like the Pileated Woodpecker it's head looks like but one look at the rest of it and you know that it isn't a pileated at all.Thanks for sharing this bird,a bird that until today I never even knew existed.Great accompanying note as well. Bob

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• angela926 (3083)
• [2008-04-02 20:56]

Hello Smitha,
WOW! fantastic capture, beautfiul vivid colors and nice light, very good sharpness and depth of field, the blurred background is great, very nice details and terrific pose.
Angela

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• ramthakur (56953)
• [2008-04-02 22:27]
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At shutter speed 15 and aperture value 5.6, you have turned the BG into a smooth collage of blurred colours, Smitha.
You need to be welcomed after the hiatus of a few weeks, if not months.
This Woodpecker is a very colourful creature and you have captured it extremely well on the trunk of a tree -- a place where they like to be and pecking away!
Superb sharpness, composition and colours.
Keep posting regularly.
Regards.
Ram

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• waylim (1765)
• [2008-04-02 23:50]
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Smitha,
I love this woodpecker. Does it make the sound like in the cartoon? Very beautiful satturated and brilliant colors, good composition and sharpness. Every time I see image of woodpecker, I always wanted to rotate the image to look at it, even though this is the way it is. Nice work. Thanks so much Smitha.
Way

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• joey (24909)
• [2008-04-03 1:49]

What a fabulous shot, Smitha!!!!!
This Woodpecker is so beautiful!
Stunning detail in the feathers and excellent sharpness.
A perfectly blurred noisless BG and the DOF is top-class!
As always the composition is very good and you've chosen a parallel POV which is easy on the eye.
Nice light and exposure.
Another stunner from you my friend!
Very, very well done,

Joe

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• shabsslg (913)
• [2008-04-03 2:19]
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Hi Smitha,

After a little pause you bounced back with a rainbow. Very nice bird. I wish I could frame this clear a picture of this bird. How can you use a tripod for framing birds? I find this bird to be of a little unsettling type and you may have to adjust your gyro axis to tilt/shift or pan for the best possible pov. I guess you are fairly successful in hiding yourself from the birds or camouflaging yourself.

Subhayan.

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• espanek (26)
• [2008-04-03 3:45]

Hello Smitha.
Lovely picture of Woodpecker. I like the colours and composition of this photo. Very good sharpness.
TFS
Wojciech

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• nanuvinu (213)
• [2008-04-03 3:53]

hi smitha,

Nice picture of this woody. Who high was it in the tree when u click this pic...because whenever i have seen it always perches in the higher branches...
a little more wood would have helped, but again its personal choice...

tks such nice pic.
vinay

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• sandpiper2 (16757)
• [2008-04-03 4:16]

Hi Smitha

Beautiful woodpecker and you've captured him very well.
Good sharpness and great plumage details
Well composed and I like the POV and good background

Chris

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• mariki (9477)
• [2008-04-03 4:48]

Hello Smitha,

Excellent picture of this woodpecker. Excellent composition, POV, DOF and sharpness. Wonderful vivid colours. The detail of the plummage is great!
Cheers,
Mariki

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• lindamc18 (384)
• [2008-04-03 5:12]

beautiful capture.great sharpness and detail .wonderful colors and very ncie composition!

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• fartash (5161)
• [2008-04-03 5:23]

Dear Smitha
Wonderful shot of this beautiful Woodpecker.
Perfect focusing,exposure and BG.Superb shot my friend.

Regards
Fartash

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• CeltickRanger (37400)
• [2008-04-03 5:46]
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hello Smitha

superb shot of this Woodpecker, with the excellent luminosity
of the image, the beautiful colours, fine POV, excellent DOF,
i love the vertical framing but i would give just a little bit
less space at the back of the Woodpecker and just a little bit
more at the front, just a more view of the wood, TFS

Asbed

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• haraprasan (20403)
• [2008-04-03 5:55]
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Hi Smitha,
A nice capture of this beautiful wood pecker. Excellent sharp details and a lovely composition. Superb work even in low shutterspeed and this fella is not a stable one. 6 months back I didn't have a big camera just a simple point and shoot with 3x zoom and I was observing a lot of woodpeckers near my house. Now, when I own a big cam with 200mm zoom not a single woodpecker is visible what a frustration ;). Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• matatur (5312)
• [2008-04-03 6:07]

A beautiful woodpecker specimen depicted expertly in this lateral tele-macro shot with excellent plumage, pattern and colouration details Smitha, the characteristic stance on the tree and the finely OOF but colorful BG make this a very nice composition. Thank you indeed for sharing this fine take with us.
Mehmet

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• dougsphotos (849)
• [2008-04-03 7:18]

Hi Smitha,

Wonderful shot of this woodpecker, the colours and detail are so vivid, and the composition and nice tight crop are very effective! The simple uncluttered background works really well too. Great shot! Thanks, Doug

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• smurali (3596)
• [2008-04-03 8:14]

Smitha, Excellent picture. Even though these Woodpeckers are common, it is so difficult to spot them at a low level. Especially around Kerala, they prefer to punch holes in tall trees way up in the tree. You must be lucky to get one at ground level. The background and lighting are very good. It is incredible that the woodpecker was posing for you when you were shooting at 1/15 shutter speed! Thanks.

- Murali

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• gannu (14759)
• [2008-04-03 8:30]

Hi Smitha, Very nice shot and superb view. The frame is fantastic and also the color of the bird. Lovely Ganesh

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• Alex99 (23735)
• [2008-04-03 10:14]

Hi Smitha.
Amazing so colourful shot and unique specimen of the woodpecker. It is really great shot with wonderful POV, terrific details of the bird and trunk and fantastic BG. My congratulations.
Alexei.

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• Proframe (4096)
• [2008-04-03 11:24]

Hello Smitha,

Very beautiful bird image with great saturated colors.
Excellent composition, note and sharpness.
The feather details and soft BG are most wonderful.
Perfect work. A real joy to look at. TFS!!!

Kindest regards, Harry

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• Dis. Ac. (24509)
• [2008-04-03 11:38]

Hi Smita,

good composition, sharpness with natural colors.
Beautiful bird.


regard gert

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• Necipp (100)
• [2008-04-03 12:16]

WOW excellent closeup very nice details sharp and well exposed. Good close composition showing fine details throughout tfs rgds Necip.

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• gracious (13068)
• [2008-04-03 15:25]

Hello Smitha,
Delighted to see your beautiful posting once again with a beautiful Woodpecker!
very good closeup with such sharpness, beautiful colour and superb details
perfect job well done
many thanks to share
Kudos
Tony

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• earthtraveler (3483)
• [2008-04-03 16:29]

Gorgeous eyepopping color and detail here Smitha!
Wonderful! Tfs Richard

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• darwin (1401)
• [2008-04-03 18:50]

Hi Smitha
Beautiful composition
Stunning vibrant color
Nice sharpness and detail
Great catchlite in eye
tfs jon

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• loot (11276)
• [2008-04-03 23:26]
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Hi Smitha

Now isn't that what one calls a typical (or classical) woodpecker pose? Neatly captured and presented to show this fine bird in all its magnificent splendour.

The vertical composition obviously was the correct choice and together with the right cropping gave it an appreciative edge that goes down well visually. Due to the totally OOF and well removed BG there is nothing else in the frame to distract the eye and cause it to wander off in search of anything else to discover so it remains stuck to the lovely bird and rather discover all the intricate beauty to be found. The red head, the sparkle (highlight) in the eye, the golden-yellow (almost golden-brown) jacket, the way the bird clings to the structure (is it a tree?), and the way how it uses its tail to balance itself at this peculiar angle. The detail on the plumage and other body parts all over are stunningly sharp and the colours are well saturated. One fine shot and worthy of a WOW.

Well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

PS. Anna and I are off to the bush until the middle of next week. It is our 27th anniversary today and she is treating me on a mini-holiday for a couple of days at a place called Abu Madi which forms part of the Rhino Research Project. So, hopefully I will come back with some nice black rhino shots. See you on the rebound.

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• wuta (2142)
• [2008-04-04 8:19]

Hello Smitha , Exelent shot from woodpecker ,great sharpnes pov dof details colours ,fantastic I like it ,Greetings Teunie .

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• PeterZ (49139)
• [2008-04-04 11:08]

Hello Smitha,
Superb photo of this Golden-backed Woodpecker. Excellent clear colours and details. Great composition, POV, DOF and very beautiful BG. Very, very beautiful!
Regards,
Peter

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• Islander_ (1687)
• [2008-04-04 15:58]

Hi Smitha,

Wonderful portrait of an exotic woodpecker! Little bit oversaturated to my taste, but it makes it even more tropical! Thank you,

Eugene

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• japiey (405)
• [2008-04-05 11:36]

Hi Smitha,

Beautifull, sharp, colourfull...
Amazing moment you have here, a perfect time.
I love this composition, that's a different eye !!!

Wish you the best, always.

jp

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• goldyrs (11497)
• [2008-04-07 9:46]
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Smitha,
What an awesome shot!I wonder how I missed it...But I never get to know:(
I have seen your work from time to time...and I keep wondering when I'll get to be as good as you...This kind of work that you display, as I keep saying to my friends, humbles people new to this art...
Do you remember the critique wherein I'd stated I don't care if others find noise, on one of your earlier posts?Well, I still hold that true...just as a poet has poetic licence, I feel any artiste has some artistic license...And you do use yours to the hilt...
Very well done!
respect!
Goldy

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• jusninasirun (14660)
• [2008-04-09 18:29]

Hello Smitha. Gorgeous looking woodpecker in its signatory pose. Stunning sharpness in brilliant color and well muted background. Well done and thanks for sharing. Regards. Jusni

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• Argus (50624)
• [2008-04-10 2:40]
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Hello Smitha,
This is a superb capture of the Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker from an excellent POV and with good sharpness. You must have been able to get quite close to get such a fine image.
This is a feast for the eyes and thanks for sharing it,
Best regards,
Ivan

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• Adanac (21378)
• [2008-04-10 18:55]

Hello Smitha,
Simply outstanding image of this species you bring to me for the first time. The colors are vivid and the focus gives us amazing details to view, thank you.
Rick

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• SelenE (13972)
• [2008-04-11 0:42]

Hi Smitha,
It's looking really good. I liked the POV, details, colors, contrast and composition a lot. TFS
Greetings,
Selen

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• Mana (18598)
• [2008-04-11 19:34]

Hi Smitha,
Outstanding shot of this Woodpecker with amazing colours and details on its plumage. The red crest looks marvellous and I like the intensity on its eye. Beautiful lighting and a fine DOF isolates it from the BG perfectly and turns it smooth. I like the way you have the trunk as a natural frame on one side and the creative negative space on the other. Excellent POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• Jamesp (18906)
• [2008-04-13 22:57]

Hi Smitha

A great shot - good composition and POV with superb colour and good detail. Well observed and captured.

James

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• boreocypriensis (9571)
• [2008-04-15 1:09]

Hi Smitha,
Superb shoot of this beauty friend in all respects! TFS.
Greetings from Cyprus,
Bayram

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• thiv56 (599)
• [2008-04-15 1:16]

Hello Smitha!

Great, well-composed and sharp shot, with marvellous colours! TFS.

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• vanderschelden (30441)
• [2008-04-15 2:37]

Hello Smitha,
Very colourful Woodpecker you captured here.
Common for you apparently and exotic for me.
Well done
TFS
Annick

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• dB_grafix (3019)
• [2008-04-15 22:47]

I am very impressed with the colours in this photo. That and the focus.
In my ignorance I never knew you had these birds there.
Gorgeous lighting and feather detail.
Doug

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• bobcat08 (1431)
• [2008-04-19 3:24]

Hello Smitha,

Pfffffffffffffff.......this is an excellent shot. An exlosion on colours. Razorsharp with fine details and of course the compo. So natural. The POV, DOF and BG are very good.
Great accompanying note as well. Greetings and a nice weekend Bob

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• izler (44)
• [2008-04-28 5:06]

hello Smitha
wonderful capture and successful using of your equipments
POV, light, colours and sharpness are great
TFS
regards
izler

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• eliasK4 (80)
• [2008-05-05 7:14]

Hi Smitha,

Great capture of this woodpecker!
Amazing sharp details, great DOF and brilliant BG.
This deserves a definite favourite!:)

Extremely well done,

Danny

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• arfer (0)
• [2008-05-07 21:40]

Hello Smitha

A beautiful image of this handsome woodpecker.
The focus and details are sharp,you have managed excellent plumage detail.
The colours are very good.
nicely composed in the frame.
Well done.
TFS

Rob

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• hester (11638)
• [2008-05-09 13:05]

Hi Smitha

Wonderful close and detailed shot of this woodpecker. I always hear woodpeckers but never spot them. The colours are wonderful, it is well composed and with a great POV

TFS

Karan

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• goutham_ramesh (12237)
• [2008-05-12 9:42]

Hi Smitha,
This is a superb picture, i love the colors and details here. Thanks for the share
TFS
Goutham

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• jossim (12636)
• [2008-05-12 18:36]

Bonsoir Smitha,

Superbe spécimen ce Grand pic. Il est identique à celui d'ici en Amérique du nord sauf pour la couleur du dos.
Bravo et merci pour le parttage.
Joseph

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• marhowie (486)
• [2008-05-15 3:56]

Hi Smitha,
A most vibrant array of colors, the bird and BG colors are amazing.
It looks like the light hit the backside of the bird just right, and made it "extra" golden :)
Excellent detail, DOF, POV, and comp.
Very well done,
Howard

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• fragman (43776)
• [2008-05-16 7:01]

amazing woodpecker, TFS Ori

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• sherlock628 (241)
• [2008-05-18 7:28]

Hello Smitha,
Wonderful POV on the Woodpecker. The detail, exposure and color saturation are all excellent. Also a truly beautiful subject. TFS Thomas

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• janhendrik (2392)
• [2008-07-25 5:53]

Sharpness 4/5
Focus 5/5
Depth of Field 5/5
Detail 4/5
Background 3/5
Pose 5/5
Colours 5/5
Saturation 2/5
Light 4/5

Overall 4/5

Well done.

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• asifjoy (0)
• [2008-08-26 0:01]

wow! the photo of this flame backed woodpecker is awesome! the colours have so beautifully come out and it was shot very nicely without any shake .
usually at that height the woodpecker is a little unsteady moving but you shot it very nicely

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• AnimalExplorer (1997)
• [2009-10-28 10:24]

One of the more distinct color woodpecker species and extremely well captured. More pictures are required of your expertise Smitha.
Paul :)

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• estival (6117)
• [2009-12-26 11:54]

Bellissimna foto! Complimenti!

Ciao e grazie, Emanuele

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• wildsanju (109)
• [2010-07-14 8:42]

very crispy shot.