Tuesday, March 6, 2012

# 113 Flight

 I looked out the window this morning and saw this Pileated Woodpecker in the Sumac trees by our driveway.  I had to shoot through the blinds (so I wouldn't scare him by raising them) and toward the sky, so the quality isn't that great (plus it was at the edge of my lens range), but I did catch him in flight.  The Pileated is our largest woodpecker at 16-19.5 inches (40-49cm)--about the size of a crow.

6 comments:

  1. You obeyed the FIRST Rule of photography - GET THE SHOT, try and figure how to improve it after the first shot is in the can. Bloody Beautiful!

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  2. There's an interesting graphical quality to this photo--it looks almost surreal.

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  3. Nice find and he does look like a big one!

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  4. Wow! Great capture.

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  5. Great capture and well done for getting the shot

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