Red Bellied Woodpecker

jeffashman · Mar 31, 2025

He was squawking at me from across the alley, because the feeder was empty. Added some seed and he came down for a bit of breakfast. I had the aperture at f/11 unfortunately, so it was very noisy. I experimented with Topaz Photo AI Super Focus Beta, which left a bit of a halo around the subject.

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mar31202501 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

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mar31202502 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

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mar31202503 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

terri · Mar 31, 2025

Not a bad set at all! If you hadn't mentioned the halo I doubt I'd have noticed it.

I especially like the second one, where he's looking towards the camera. It's hard to get angles on these guys that actually show the bit of blush on their bellies, but it's on all three of these shots. Good job!

jeffashman · Mar 31, 2025

terri said:
Not a bad set at all! If you hadn't mentioned the halo I doubt I'd have noticed it.

I especially like the second one, where he's looking towards the camera. It's hard to get angles on these guys that actually show the bit of blush on their bellies, but it's on all three of these shots. Good job!

Thanks! The second one is my favorite as well. I love how he uses his tail to help balance himself while he is feeding. It was windy and both the feeder and the Korean Mulberry were swaying.

Digger... · Mar 31, 2025

I see stuff all noise Mr, what did your iso reach.

Ps. Keep the feeder full

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Jeff15 · Apr 1, 2025

Some very good shots ...

MontanaDave · Apr 1, 2025

I love the middle shot...looks like he is smiling at the camera.

MacA2448 · Apr 1, 2025

These guys are very timid and hard to capture, much less in a set like this. Nice job!

jeffashman · Apr 1, 2025

Digger... said:
I see stuff all noise Mr, what did your iso reach.

Ps. Keep the feeder full.

Looks like ISO was only around 4000, and shutter speed was only 1/640. Given the wind, I'm surprised there wasn't more motion blur, but the cropping is pretty heavy, which increased the noise.