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Wayne Wood
12th of July 2005 (Tue), 16:04
I was out walking at Petrie Island near my home when I heard a noise , I stopped and there not 5 feet away was this Woodpecker just hammering this tree oblivious to everything around him , hope you all enjoy C & C welcome, these are not cropped at all I even had to back off the zoom to try and fit him into frame

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Canon S1 IS with 1.6X tele-converter
Reigh Higgins
12th of July 2005 (Tue), 16:22
Lovely shots !
dancad
12th of July 2005 (Tue), 16:30
Geez, you're really getting lucky with close-ups lately! The first one is just fabulous:cool:
Stephen Stephen
12th of July 2005 (Tue), 18:51
Great capture. I've only been to Petrie twice, the second time last Sunday when I first met Dancad. It's really a great place for shots. You fellows should visit my end of town. Mud Lake (in Brittania) and Bruce Pit & Jack Pine Trail near my place in Nepean are great too.
JMAS
12th of July 2005 (Tue), 18:52
Great work with the S1.
Realy nice shots!
Wayne Wood
12th of July 2005 (Tue), 19:03
Great capture. I've only been to Petrie twice, the second time last Sunday when I first met Dancad. It's really a great place for shots. You fellows should visit my end of town. Mud Lake (in Brittania) and Bruce Pit & Jack Pine Trail near my place in Nepean are great too.

I'd love to , I met Dancad there several weeks ago he's a pretty awesome guy very very knowledgable about birds and his shots are second to none , Ive done a few trails out in the west end I also do alot of pic taking in the Brockville Gan area , the mer bleu bog out here is pretty awesome if your looking for Warblers ive done well out there , hope to see you out in the field sometime , maybe me you and Dan could get together
dancad
12th of July 2005 (Tue), 21:10
We could also include Blackburnian and start a "Canon/Petrie Island nature photographers club" LOL!!
Wayne Wood
13th of July 2005 (Wed), 04:16
hey that's not a bad idea, we should do somthing though I'm thinking about hitting the bog this weekend you interested???
Blackburnian
13th of July 2005 (Wed), 05:41
Canon Rules!

Would realy enjoy getting together with you guys. I'm in Cumberland and just accross the ferry is Les Marais des Grenouilletes. The only place in town where Least Bitterns breed....need a shot of this elusive bird!

Salut Dan!
tupe
13th of July 2005 (Wed), 06:43
I was out walking at Petrie Island near my home when I heard a noise , I stopped and there not 5 feet away was this Woodpecker just hammering this tree oblivious to everything around him Great shots!

I have a similar pic (much inferior to these) of a downy hammering on the cedar siding of my house. The light was poor, and when I tried a flash he startled, realized I was quite close, and flew off.
cfcRebel
13th of July 2005 (Wed), 11:42
Nice shots of the Downy! I have yet to get one for my files.
Richard51
13th of July 2005 (Wed), 12:32
These little birds are quite numerous here in Arkansas U.S.A. and i've tried many times to get some decent shots but haven't succeeded so far. Nice shots. Thanks for sharing.
jimchapin468
13th of July 2005 (Wed), 13:16
Nice shots -- seem a little soft, but even so really nice.
CyberDyneSystems
13th of July 2005 (Wed), 13:18
Nice! There very hard to get to sit still! :)
Wayne Wood
13th of July 2005 (Wed), 14:31
Nice shots -- seem a little soft, but even so really nice.


your right they are a bit soft 90% of the pics I take are soft to get the detail I manage to get I have to be right on top of the bird like 6 feet or less away I blame the 3.2 mp camera I have , but its teaching me how to be really sneaky lol , thanx for the kind words