Great Spotted Woodpecker

[Nathaniel]

(i) Hey,what are you doing?
Woodpecker & Doves 19th June 2015 071 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr
(ii) pair of woodpeckers-aerial view
Woodpecker & Doves 19th June 2015 057 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr
(iii) On the grass-aerial view
Woodpecker & Doves 19th June 2015 041 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr
(iv) On a bird feeder.
Woodpecker & Doves 19th June 2015 020 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr

[neilrich1966]

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Great Nat. Looks like females. Love these in the garden.

[the black fox]

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nicely caught nat

[Nathaniel]

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Thanks Neil and Jeff.

[Nathaniel]

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One more for the record.

Woodpecker & Doves 19th June 2015 031 by Nathaniel Ramanaden, on Flickr

[Bill53]

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Well captured Nat, not easy as they are normally very skittish.

Bill.

[tesarver]

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Well caught Nat

Tom

[Tigger]

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I do like the first shot Nat - impressive

[Stan]

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I like the positioning of the first but needs cropping a bit tighter. The looking down shots don't work - always better to go eye level and the feeder shots......well you know too well my opinion of those

As I have said before, post only your best shot, which is the first one and leave the rest out

Stan

[Tigger]

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I like the positioning of the first but needs cropping a bit tighter. The looking down shots don't work - always better to go eye level and the feeder shots......well you know too well my opinion of those

As I have said before, post only your best shot, which is the first one and leave the rest out

Stan

good call on the crop and agree could loose some from the right hand side

[chrisec]

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Very nice Nat well done

[Hereford_EOS]

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I rarely see one but you have captured two, so well done Nat.

[Nathaniel]

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Thanks folks for looking. This is actually the first time I have seen a Woodpecker (any kind)and went out to get it. It was also in my neighbour's garden and there is a large brick wall separating our properties. So there was no way I could get any eye level shots."Rules" had to be cast aside. So I got these from my top floor window. I am now wary of cropping too much in case the IQ deteriorates. I am also not keen on "bird feeder" shots but once again my personal views had to be cast aside. Anyway, now that I know that there are some woodpeckers around me, I will be keeping my eyes open for ground level shots if at all possible- perhaps a step ladder propped up against my neighbour's "great wall of china"!

P.S As long as my neighbour doen't think I am trying to photograph his two pretty daughters!!!!

[neilrich1966]

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Go steady on that ladder

[Nathaniel]

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Go steady on that ladder

Quite right Neil. The danger is that the neighbour might decide to shove the ladder away from the wall much to my discomfort!!!!! I musn't let him see my camera lens poking over the wall!!!!!