Years in the Making: There is a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers that live in the woods around the house. I have never been able to get close enough for a decent shot. Finally got some...

rick_n_wv Loc: Charleston WV

There is a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers that live in the woods around the house. I have never been able to get close enough for a decent shot. Finally got some late afternoon today. Very heavily cropped and somewhat noisy but figure if I spend some time in PS will get something decent. Here a couple quick edites.

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kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I find them to be quite good, Rick. And I don't see much noise.

rick_n_wv Loc: Charleston WV

kpmac wrote:

I find them to be quite good, Rick. And I don't see much noise.

Thanks. I was blown away at the chance to get them. They have been pretty evasive when ever I get any where near them.

Ourspolair

Looks good to me, great captures and rendering. When I opened the first one I was thinking - "did he forget to rotate this 90 degrees?" #2 and #3 set me straight. Excellent work - please stay well and keep on sharing.

rick_n_wv Loc: Charleston WV

Ourspolair wrote:

Looks good to me, great captures and rendering. When I opened the first one I was thinking - "did he forget to rotate this 90 degrees?" #2 and #3 set me straight. Excellent work - please stay well and keep on sharing.

Just looked and your right they would look good that way too. I hadn't thought of that. He is a good looking bird. He stayed around just a bit and then flew off when another started calling deeper in the woods.

rick_n_wv Loc: Charleston WV

Ourspolair wrote:

Looks good to me, great captures and rendering. When I opened the first one I was thinking - "did he forget to rotate this 90 degrees?" #2 and #3 set me straight. Excellent work - please stay well and keep on sharing.

Just thinking I would attach the full image. Jpeg out of camera. I shoot Raw with Jpeg. Usually don't crop that much but the background was pretty busy.

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Appy Loc: Flint Hills (Ks)

Great pics! Local vernacular where I live calls them wood hens. I don't know why. Love the way they travel from tree to tree. Seems like everything they do is shyly demonstrative.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

rick_n_wv wrote:

There is a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers that live in the woods around the house. I have never been able to get close enough for a decent shot. Finally got some late afternoon today. Very heavily cropped and somewhat noisy but figure if I spend some time in PS will get something decent. Here a couple quick edites.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Good captures of this largest woodpecker!

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

Right place, right time - sometimes you just get lucky. Good shots and I know how hard it can be to get close.

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Very nice.

tcthome Loc: NJ

High ISO? Better to get the shot than not. Good catch.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Very nice set Rick.

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

rick_n_wv wrote:

There is a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers that live in the woods around the house. I have never been able to get close enough for a decent shot. Finally got some late afternoon today. Very heavily cropped and somewhat noisy but figure if I spend some time in PS will get something decent. Here a couple quick edites.

The downloads look really very good to me. Thanx for sharing.

Gene Spearman Loc: Greenville, South Carolina.

Very nice. I have only seen one in the wild and could not get to my camera fast enough.