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p.1 #1 · Pileated family moment

Hi everyone,

It's been some time since I've posted here but a recent event is one that I'd like to share.

A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers had chosen an old oak tree 30 yards from the foundation of a new home project I have under construction. The pair had been working on the "excavaton" of their new nest (as I worked on one for my clients) since early March. The past few weeks I have been waiting for a sign of new life from the hole. Well...since a week ago, thinks have been busy for the parents. These two nestlings have been keeping mom and dad busy searching for goodies as they squawk for food from the nest hole.

Hope you enjoy them,
Tom T.

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Jun 10, 2009 at 02:26 AM

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By the way..........these are shot at iso 1600 with my MKIII and 500mm with 1.4x no no noise reduction done yet

Jun 10, 2009 at 02:29 AM

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p.1 #3 · Pileated family moment

Great series, very nice!
1600? wow!

Jun 10, 2009 at 02:33 AM

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p.1 #4 · Pileated family moment

Great job on these Tom

Garen

Jun 10, 2009 at 02:45 AM

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p.1 #5 · Pileated family moment

nice moment!!

Jun 10, 2009 at 02:46 AM

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p.1 #6 · Pileated family moment

Looks like the male is feeding two female babies, Nice ones

Jun 10, 2009 at 02:52 AM

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p.1 #7 · Pileated family moment

Great shots of this little family, and in the dark no less.

Looks like the exposure was pretty good; a bit of noise reduction in software should work well here. Nice captures!

Jun 10, 2009 at 02:58 AM

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p.1 #8 · Pileated family moment

Here are a few in afternoon light with a lower iso, shooting from my collapsible blind set eighteen feet above ground on a work platform (image of that still too come

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Jun 10, 2009 at 03:25 AM

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p.1 #9 · Pileated family moment

Nice sets -

the first set really could use some noise removal.

Great behavioral series

Lil

Jun 10, 2009 at 08:18 AM

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p.1 #10 · Pileated family moment

These are wonderful Tom. HIgh on my list is to capture a Pileated. I've only seen one once. To capture one with 2 babies is really special.

Jun 10, 2009 at 11:10 AM

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p.1 #11 · Pileated family moment

How cool to see pileateds and their young. Maybe try for some overcast afternoon conditions for best light and shoot in portrait orientation to get all the bird in the frame.

Jun 10, 2009 at 11:23 AM

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p.1 #12 · Pileated family moment

Hey, Tom:

What a wonderful opportunity with which you've done a great job. Lots of waiting for a few seconds of frenzied activity, isn't it?

I'd like to see, and hear, more about these rascals as they're one of my favorites.

Thanks for sharing these....Mitch

Jun 10, 2009 at 12:11 PM

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p.1 #13 · Pileated family moment

What an awesome opportunity you have there, Tom. While the afternoon light definitely helped you to lower the ISO it also created some strong light to have to contend with (maybe requiring some EV compensation). I have wanted to capture some Pileated WP's for a while but have not had any luck at finding any. What part of the country are you in?

Sounds like an ideal situation, having the blind elevated up closer to the bird's level.

Thanks for sharing these!

Dave

Jun 10, 2009 at 09:44 PM

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p.1 #14 · Pileated family moment

You captured some great moments there! Nice job.

Tim

Jun 10, 2009 at 09:56 PM

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p.1 #15 · Pileated family moment

Thank you all for the suggestions and kind replies. Noise reduction is underway on the higher iso images.

Tom T

Jun 11, 2009 at 01:10 AM


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