Red-heads have more fun…

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We do not get Red-headed Woodpecker in Maine. Finding them actively foraging in a small park in Virginia when I visited on yesterday’s mid-winter day was a real treat. Such bright birds! I was doing a small, priavate, one-on-one photo workshop, based around the Canon SX50HS, and the camera certainly comes into its own in shots like this. Hand-held at 1200mm equivalent, the camera catches a very satisfying image of a relatively small bird at a good distance. I am not sure what kind of berries the Red-heads were collecting, but they were very busy birds.

Canon SX50HS. Program with -1/3rd EV exposure compensation and iContrast. ISO 500 @ 1/1000th @ f6.5. As above, 1200mm equivalent field of view. Processed in Snapseed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014. Cropped slightly for scale and composition.

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