I have a bad (or good, depending on how you look at it and how much hard drive space you have) tendency to shoot too many images of many species of birds. I am always looking for that "better" image. I often end up with dozens, or even hundreds, of images of the same species. When I decide on which image I am going to display, I try to pick out the image I like the best. This species of bird, Lewis's Woodpecker, is one of those. I have taken many shots of this bird, but never one that is really "good". This is the best image I have. This image has been altered considerably. A large amount of OOF branches have been cloned out behind and above the bird. Lewis's Woodpeckers were "discovered" and named by Merriweather Lewis; he was fascinated by their "non woodpecker" behavior. These birds often hawk insects out of the air like flycatchers or phoebes, rather than drill into trees and wood for them. Shot with a Canon R5, 600 mm +2x, SS 1/3200, f/8.0, ISO 1600, range-too far.

I have a bad (or good, depending on how you look at it and how much hard drive space you have) tendency to shoot too many images of many species of birds. I am always looking for that "better" image. I often end up with dozens, or even hundreds, of images of the same species. When I decide on which image I am going to display, I try to pick out the image I like the best. This species of bird, Lewis's Woodpecker, is one of those. I have taken many shots of this bird, but never one that is really "good". This is the best image I have. This image has been altered considerably. A large amount of OOF branches have been cloned out behind and above the bird. Lewis's Woodpeckers were "discovered" and named by Merriweather Lewis; he was fascinated by their "non woodpecker" behavior. These birds often hawk insects out of the air like flycatchers or phoebes, rather than drill into trees and wood for them. Shot with a Canon R5, 600 mm +2x, SS 1/3200, f/8.0, ISO 1600, range-too far.