Pileated Woodpecker in flight

[EricD]

This is one of my nemesis,,,,,,Pileated Woodpecker in flight.. Today I got some half way descent shots. i lowered the shutter speed to get a little motion blur on the wings. Photos taken near sunset

 

[bagged00]

thats awesome

 

[Bios.]

The pose of the 4th one is brilliant. He's about to go supersonic!

 

[peeper]

wonderful work!.....i like the dive bomber too!

 

[Frequency]

Third is the best; fourth is the next; as usual, all are stupendous

Regards

 

[hawk232]

HOW DO YOU DO IT!?!?!? great photos!!

 

[Hardrock]

Outstanding and what a beautiful bird!

 

[JDRoth]

Fantastic shots as usual. I love pileateds however in pictures they always seem look to my eye to be stuffed.

 

[FranDaMan]

Great shots, 3 and 4 as favourites

 

[Markw]

Wonderful shots! Just out of curiosity, though, why did you want motion blur in the wings?

Mark

 

[D-B-J]

Great shots! The third is definately my favorite.

Regards,
Jake

 

[jtee]

Thats a great series of shots Eric..... hard bird to get in flight you did great in capturing this .

 

[EricD]

Wonderful shots! Just out of curiosity, though, why did you want motion blur in the wings?

Mark

Well .....for something different. Most people, including myself like to freeze the wings in our flight shots. But sometime a little wing blur gives a sense of speed and motion. As we know, these birds are fast.

 

[Markw]

That's true. You werent worried at all about getting some motion blur in the eyes and head as well? This is interesting.

You look like you were up high when you took the first two..how did you get on the same level as the bird?

Mark

 

[MSnowy]

another nice set