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Okavanga — Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Male

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Published: 2018-06-09 11:40:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 207; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 2
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Description Some Scottish WildlifeAll of the following shots were captured, hand-held, with my Canon 5D Mark III equipped with the new to me Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 L II USM lens plus the Canon Extender EF 1.4 III, giving a maximum focal length of 560 mm. This lens/extender combination appears to give excellent quality images from about 1 meter to infinity, even when hand-held. Most of the wildlife shots were taken using the Tv mode at 1/1000th second on normal continuous shoot and at maximum aperture, allowing the ISO value to float on the auto setting. I used spot metering rather than evaluative as an appropriate exposure for the subjects was not necessarily the exposure that would be suggested by evaluative metering. I would be interested to hear from other wildlife photographers about the merits of different metering modes. Images were captured mainly at the Ken Dee Marshes and at Mersehead in Dumfries and Galloway.
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Comments: 12

thewolfcreek [2018-09-06 08:14:44 +0000 UTC]

Woody woodpecker...good shot and capture...

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Okavanga In reply to thewolfcreek [2018-09-06 13:47:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you kindly, Steven. I was quite pleased with this shot.

David

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thewolfcreek In reply to Okavanga [2018-09-08 06:45:34 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome David...

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AnnaZLove [2018-06-29 20:51:58 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful shot! 

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Okavanga In reply to AnnaZLove [2018-06-30 05:51:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, Anna.

Cheers

David

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AnnaZLove In reply to Okavanga [2018-06-30 16:16:33 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome!

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LindArtz [2018-06-27 01:43:35 +0000 UTC]

Wow, he really is. a beauty!! !

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2018-06-27 05:41:51 +0000 UTC]

Yep - that red cap is a give away for the male of the species.

Many Thanks, Linda.

David

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Zoomer1958 [2018-06-16 22:14:26 +0000 UTC]

Nice crisp bird shots, David.  We've just hung a feeder over the bird bath yesterday--trying to attract that bright cardinal who's been hanging around here lately.

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Okavanga In reply to Zoomer1958 [2018-06-17 13:11:32 +0000 UTC]

Woodies are expanding their territories here into urban gardens - easy pickings from feeders.

Many Thanks, Brett.

David

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mecengineer [2018-06-16 11:44:58 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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Okavanga In reply to mecengineer [2018-06-17 13:10:18 +0000 UTC]

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