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HJMinard
1st of June 2005 (Wed), 08:55
I'm not confident with regard to my ID for this bird. Any confirmation or other suggestions?

I'm pretty happy with this shot considering that there was very little light and I took it at iso3200 and 1/30 shutter speed with the 400/5.6L (on a monopod).

http://www.pbase.com/hjminard/image/44158223/large.jpg
larlen
1st of June 2005 (Wed), 11:33
Nice shot Jay

Iv'e serched the net & agree with you " Yellow-bellied Sapsucker"
It looks like it's a juvenile.
cfcRebel
1st of June 2005 (Wed), 15:02
You have steady hands Jay! That's a great shot considering the tough condition. I'd need a tripod instead of monopod in that situation.:D
tupe
1st of June 2005 (Wed), 15:55
Great pic, Jay! Looks like you got the ID right as well.
sparker1
1st of June 2005 (Wed), 17:20
Brilliant shot, good capture.
Jim_T
1st of June 2005 (Wed), 21:53
Really good shot !

There are a couple of similar woodpeckers, but this certainly looks like a yellow bellied sapsucker..
RockOne
2nd of June 2005 (Thu), 06:21
Nice shot. Was it the bird that put those holes in the tree?
HJMinard
2nd of June 2005 (Thu), 23:11
larlen, cfcRebel, tupe, Stan, Jim and Steve ... thank you for the nice feedback.

Steve ... yes, the bird put the holes in the tree. He and another (his mate?) had worked over quite a few birches in the areaa.
Dragonslayer
7th of August 2005 (Sun), 19:02
Very nice work on this shot here Jay I have to agree with you on your ID also. This would have been nicer verticle but then you captured this shot nicely but as you mentioned it's a little tight in this orientation.
Scottes
7th of August 2005 (Sun), 19:27
Stunning shot Jay! That's awesome!
Dragonslayer
7th of August 2005 (Sun), 19:52
Very nice work on this shot here Jay I have to agree with you on your ID also. This would have been nicer verticle but then you captured this shot nicely but as you mentioned it's a little tight in this orientation. I would love to have a shot like this one.
MarkoPolo
7th of August 2005 (Sun), 20:46
I like the shot a lot. Did you use some sort of noise reduction?
HJMinard
8th of August 2005 (Mon), 08:29
Eric ... wow, you dug this old thread out of oblivion. Thanks for commenting ... I agree that portrait orientation would have worked better here (I need to get more comfortable with rotating to that when I'm using the monopod).

Scott ... thanks for the nice compliment ... very meaningful coming from the original "Ninja Birder"!

Mark ... thanks ... and no, no noise reduction was applied. I was careful, however, in using a relatively high Threshold (4?) in the USM to limit sharpening of the noisy areas.