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| Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Toyanogata, Niigata, Japan February 23, 2013 |
Today was supposed to be really miserable weather wise, however it was a pretty nice and sunny morning so what was just intended as a check-up for White-tailed Sea-eagles at Toyanogata, turned out to be a nice walk in the park. No eagles but lots of spring birds about and buds appearing on the Cherry Trees. These are my favourite pics from the morning. We saw big red woodies playing hard to get but I was happy to get close to this little fellow. Anyway, I think it is a fellow.
It is really interesting taking pics when there is snow on the ground as light reflects upwards so there is little shadow on the birds. Biggest disappointment was when I downloaded the pictures and remembered I'd stuffed around with the white balance of the camera earlier in the week and didn't reset it. Totally confused what to do now.
8 comments:
Ohhh great shots!!!.. I love.. A regard..
I like this pictures.
What an adorable woody! Reminds me of the Sunda Woodpecker here in Malaysia. I can't help you much with the camera setting as I usually set it to auto. But the images still look great to me.
Nice JPW shots Russell.......
White Balance is not a problem if you shoot RAW.......you can batch reset the whole days shooting. You do shoot RAW I hope?
Spring seems a million miles away here.......
White balance or not I can't see anything amiss with those shots Russell, they are just superb and it's a cracking little bird to have about.
Hola Rusell magnificas imagenes de este pequeño pajaro carpintero.Un saludo
Thank you for your comments everybody. I am really happy with the shots other than my white-balance concern. Of course it is the subject who really shines. I was so lucky to look up and see him minding his own business.
Lovely shots Russ. Don't worry too much about the white balance thing, you learn more by playing around with the settings anyway and a year down the track you'll use the knowledge you've gained, and for a little while at least, you'll probably check the white balance before you start shooting. Cheers, Richard
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