Downy Woodpecker

cincyMAT · Apr 20, 2014

One from this morning. As framed in camera. Love it when one gets this close:

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D800e, 300mm f4 with 1.7TC, DX mode

dossy · Apr 20, 2014

Beautiful shot, Mark!

cincyMAT · Apr 20, 2014

dossy said:
Beautiful shot, Mark!

Thanks dossy!

alexf · Apr 20, 2014

Gorgeous.

Louis Champan · Apr 20, 2014

Terrific shot.

Cleanimage · Apr 20, 2014

Mark - Nice shot; very sharp. I know that it is hard to get a sharp shot of these little guys.

Butlerkid · Apr 20, 2014

Nicely done, Mark! They seem to stay on the opposite side of the tree from me! LOL!

cincyMAT · Apr 20, 2014

alexf said:
Gorgeous.

Thanks Alex.

Louis Champan said:
Terrific shot.

Thanks Louis.

Cleanimage said:
Mark - Nice shot; very sharp. I know that it is hard to get a sharp shot of these little guys.

It was right on the minimum focus of the 300 f/4 and TC1.7 combo. i was pleasantly surprised by the sharpness.

butlerkid said:
Nicely done, Mark! They seem to stay on the opposite side of the tree from me! LOL!

Me too, most of the time. We have lots of woodpeckers and I'm forever taking a photo of a tree trunk!!

cre8foru · Apr 20, 2014

Another nice shot.

jbailey930 · Apr 22, 2014

very nice and sharp with that combo! Not the easiest to get spot on but you nailed it. Did you have to use AF fine tune?

cincyMAT · Apr 23, 2014

jbailey930 said:
very nice and sharp with that combo! Not the easiest to get spot on but you nailed it. Did you have to use AF fine tune?

I did use the AF Fine Tune. I used the "dot tune" method. Instructions are on You Tube. It's easy once you get the hang of it.