Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

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I am fortunate enough to have discovered these only a five minute walk from my home. They have nested in the same tree but different holes for the previous 3 years (at least) I spent an hour watching them the other evening as the sun went down. These are cropped heavily.


Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dothill Nature Reserve 05.05.2015 (1 of 1) by Tim J Preston, on Flickr


Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dothill Nature Reserve 05.05.2015 (1 of 1) by Tim J Preston, on Flickr


Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dothill Nature Reserve 05.05.2015 (1 of 1) by Tim J Preston, on Flickr

Nikon D7100 Tamron 150-600
 
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Love #3,excellent.:):clap:
 
Nice shots of a very tricky bird to see let alone get a shot of, being trying for years at a site in the North West but I have yet to connect.

Tim
 
lift the shadows/exposure on the bird (especially it's head)
 
Please feel free to edit it Bill. Please be aware though their heads/cheeks are actually brown not white like the Great.
 
That's a wonderful sight to see Tim, not an easy bird to find nowadays, I've only seen fleeting glimpses of them, but it was local to me so I live in hope I'll get a shot away one day :)
 
tim said:
Please feel free to edit it Bill. Please be aware though their heads/cheeks are actually brown not white like the Great.
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the original file is a little small, (800px and 100k) ...... but here is just a quick edit of the overall image Tim ...... all I did was to look at the overall tone curve and exposure levels .... looking at the histogram the image is over to the left ...... just a minute or two in LR ........if you separate the bird from the background and process each separately you should get a much better result than I have, even for a "record" shot......

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Edit, maybe it's not as you saw it but it brings more detail out in the bird ... what do you think?

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no big deal just my opinion
 
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Very nice find Tim, hopefully you'll have some more great shooting oportunities over the coming months.

I think I had one (or Great) on my workshop roof last night and again on a fence panel this morning when getting up. On both occasions it flew off as I was getting the camera. 99% certain it's a lesser, but need a photo for proof.
 
Thanks for all of the comments. Thanks for the edit Bill. I've been reading up on targeted adjustments this morning so I will have a play again during the course of the weekend.

The light was low anyway as it was between 7-8pm. Hopefully now I know where they are I will get an opportunity again too.

They are very small Swanseajack, not much bigger than a Sparrow. They also seem to be constantly on the move.
 
tim said:
Thanks for all of the comments. Thanks for the edit Bill. I've been reading up on targeted adjustments this morning so I will have a play again during the course of the weekend.

The light was low anyway as it was between 7-8pm. Hopefully now I know where they are I will get an opportunity again too.

They are very small Swanseajack, not much bigger than a Sparrow. They also seem to be constantly on the move.
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basic pp is easy Tim ....... then you start going around in circles and more circles ......... sometimes I think that I should stop taking RAW images and take jpegs, bin PS and LR and let the camera do the work.

i can just let pp take over ........ I'm sure that it's not mean't to be like that

Good spot on a difficult bird, I hope that it stays around
 
A nice bird to get, like many I haven't seen one either!

BillN_33 said:
basic pp is easy Tim ....... then you start going around in circles and more circles ......... sometimes I think that I should stop taking RAW images and take jpegs, bin PS and LR and let the camera do the work.
i can just let pp take over ........ I'm sure that it's not mean't to be like that
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Agree, shouldn't be like that...The only things that should need changing in PP are cropping, levels adjustment, white balance (rarely), sharpening and possibly a bit of NR. Occasional cloning for something distracting such as sensor dust bunnies and the remnants of a twig dangling from the cropping. If you are doing much more than that then you should rather spend more time framing and getting it right in the first place :)
 
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The only things that should need changing in PP are cropping, levels adjustment, white balance (rarely), sharpening and possibly a bit of NR. Occasional cloning for something distracting such as sensor dust bunnies and the remnants of a twig dangling from the cropping. If you are doing much more than that then you should rather spend more time framing and getting it right in the first place :)
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Agree, If a shot needs more than five minutes in PP, it should go in the bin. Most of mine do..........:D
 
Well done, great capture of a fairly rare bird. Saw my first one ever about a month ago.
 
and what a great addiction to have :clap: Haven't seen LSW for about 7 years now myself so make the most of them whilst you can.
 
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