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Super shots Eric.
Thanks. I love the lychen dust being scratched off by his claws as he scrambled up the tree in the 2nd image.
Ridiculously slow shutter speed given the lighting under the tree shade....the sun only appeared as it flew away! 😡
I had the iso at 2000 (should have gone higher) and using f11 meant I was hand holding 700mm at 1/200th. A testament to the lightweight nature of this combination.
His head was moving around like ...err...a woodpecker, so I was lucky to get some stationery shots. I ditched over 100 blurred ones. 😔
Mike tells me this is an juvenile male, as the red on the head extends completely forward. When they are full adults, bizarrely only the nape retains the red. I would have expected a breeding adult to have the greater decoration? Nature is complicated.
Last edited on Mon Jun 22nd, 2020 02:45 by Eric
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