Pileated Woodpecker (male)

[JohnK]

Either the woodpeckers have gotten tired of eating my apples, or decided the bugs on the stump are better. I captured this one between rain squalls yesterday:

ISO: 2000

Exposure: 1/125 sec

Aperture: 6.3

Focal Length: 500mm

I'm really impressed with how the D300s performs at high ISO, and the image stabilizer in the Sigma 150-500.

[Canon Guy]

Great capture!

[JayinMN]

Beautiful environmental shot.

[Steve Foss]

Nice one, John. Definitely places it in not only an environment, but a distinctly season one, as well.

[JohnK]

Great capture!

[finnbay]

Nice shot! He seems lean and mean to me!

[WifeKidsandDog]

Great shot. I've only seen a pileated once, such strange looking birds.

The colors are beautiful.

[JohnK]

Nice shot! He seems lean and mean to me!

[Catmendo]

Very nice work!

[wishing for walleyes]

Great picture.Looks like a neat bird to photograph.

[Kate K]

I love the woodpecker! Nice shot.

[eyeguy 54]

Dandy! My favorite bird.

[Ufatz]

Nicely done John-you've got the background "out" just enough and yet the color is still strong.

I have those big rascals all over my deck sometimes and they are on the beef blubber feeder out front all the time.

[mcary]

Nice shot of a very skittish species!