Black Rumped Flame Back Woodpecker

[Arijit Banerjee]

The common 'urban' woody in our parts, the BFRB is noisy and a lovely looking bird

Her is one from my neighborhood.

23 08.11, Patuli, Kolkata, India

Pentax Kx, Pentax DA L 55-300mm

1/500sec @ 300mm
f 6.3, Aperture priority
ISO 640

Hand held

Arijit

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nicely captured. The details and the eye contact are nice. I think moving slightly to the right if possible would have enhanced the eye contact further. The details on the bark are nice. I am yet to get a decent photograph for this one . Thanks for sharing.

[Arijit Banerjee]

Thanks Mrudul.
I think i get what you mean, but the problem is these blighters are fast as thieves and busy as an upcoming politician...Now here, now gone.

best of Luck with woodies..

Arijit

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely bird. Commonly sighted and photographed during bandipur safari rides. I think reducing the colour temperature while processing will be good. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Arijit Banerjee]

Thanks Sabyasachi. Will try it.

Arijit

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice eye contact.the details and colours on the head have come out well. Common but Tough bird to shoot.

TFS
Roopak

[Bhargava Srivari]

Nicely done. I like the eyes...agree with the suggestion made by SAbyasachi regarding the colour temp.

tfs