Great Spotted Woodpecker

[Monkeyhanger]

One from last year taken with Olympus EM1 and 150mm lens.


PC080058 by Keith Ross, on Flickr

 

[gramps]

Colours caught very well here and I nice 'typical' pose for the bird

 

[Kodiak Qc]

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Given the well diffused light conditions, this spectacular take
would be improved to match natural tonalities and luminosity,
by simply trimming down the mid tones a tad… as to bring out
more details in the white plumage and create a more appealing
rendition.

Very cool take Keith!

 

[AdamSi]

Well done Keith I'm still to get a good photo of one in natural habitat.

 

[Phil-D]

Nice shot keith , possibly a little too tightly cropped for me

 

[The Weasel]

Can't really fault it, Keith...the fine detail is there, as is the sharpness and the composition. A touch more room for the bird to breath wouldn't harm, but OK as posted for me.

 

[Monkeyhanger]

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Given the well diffused light conditions, this spectacular take
would be improved to match natural tonalities and luminosity,
by simply trimming down the mid tones a tad… as to bring out
more details in the white plumage and create a more appealing
rendition.

Very cool take Keith!

Toned down the mid tones but it didn't bring any detail back in the white plumage.This was a big crop on a small sensor.

Nice shot keith , possibly a little too tightly cropped for me

I do have a tendency to crop a bit too much,sometimes to get rid of unwanted background elements

 

[Kodiak Qc]

Toned down the mid tones but it didn't bring any detail back in the white plumage.This was a big crop on a small sensor.

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Have a look in your PM… ;-)

 

[Peteaud]

Looks good to me.

 

[Kodiak Qc]

Looks good to me.

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Yes but some tweaks may be considered!

 

[Bullysrus]

Great Shot

 

[jimbosloan]

Nothing to do to this shot spot on for me

 

[Rustydon]

Lovely detailed shot Keith, but very slightly over-exposed perhaps

I think this edit is an improvement. (I will remove if you wish).....



Russ

 

[Kodiak Qc]

I think this edit is an improvement.

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Nice Russ, decent and nice!

 

[Monkeyhanger]

Thanks for the the two edits.You have both managed to get a bit more detail in the white plumage.

 

[cruso]

Very nice

 

[SKM]

very nice shot

stan

 

[wardy07]

Very nice shots - can I ask one thing please, how far away from the bird were you? Also, what lens were you using?
I'm interested as I just got an EM1 and have doubts as to wether I made the right decision moving from DSLR to M43 - seeing these images has me thinking again!

 

[Monkeyhanger]

About 10 metres,using a 40-150 f/2.8 pro+1.4 teleconverter.Then a decent sized crop.

Probably a bit late for you seeing as you have just sold all your gear.

 

[wardy07]

About 10 metres,using a 40-150 f/2.8 pro+1.4 teleconverter.Then a decent sized crop.

Probably a bit late for you seeing as you have just sold all your gear.

Thanks anyway - I just was finding it hard to adapt to the smaller system which is a shame but being honest, I knew I wouldn't be happy going forward. Nothing against Olympus, you've more than proved its worth but it isn't for me and I needed to get back to what I know.
I'm sure I may have grown into it in time but to be honest, I didn't feel it would be soon enough to maintain my interest.