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25-FEB-2014 Hank v/d Velde

20140225 058 SERIES - Pileated Woodpecker.jpg

Ottawa West

Four consecutive flight shots.

Top image: Clearing the branches after taking off from the trunk of the tree.


Diving down like a speeding bullet.


In glide-mode.


In steep dive-mode again.

Nikon D300S ,Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1/2000s f/8.0 at 250.0mm iso280 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time25-Feb-2014 12:10:18
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D300S
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length250 mm
Exposure Time1/2000 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent280
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Mode
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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carlogalliani30-Apr-2014 13:16
Great set ! Beautiful shots
Range View 07-Mar-2014 02:54
Wow, excellent action captures, great timing to get the different series of shots. V
Barbara
Wayne Millar06-Mar-2014 13:20
Nice sequence of in-flight images.
Lieve Snellings04-Mar-2014 15:32
deze serie is echt The MAX Hank !
Cynthia (Cindy) Sutcliffe01-Mar-2014 20:17
Great series. Wonderful that he is flying towards you instead of away.
godro28-Feb-2014 21:30
Nice capture and serie, well done!
Guest 28-Feb-2014 16:23
Very beautiful action series, especially the second image.
janescottcumming28-Feb-2014 13:28
What a cool series of shots. Loved the first one but had to smile when I saw the one where his looked like a bullet!
Penny B28-Feb-2014 11:17
Great series of shots Hank. With its wings-tucked-in bullet pose it's easy to understand how they descend so fast.
NealyBob28-Feb-2014 08:56
Excellent Woodpecker series Hank~! Fantastic work~!
Zeeby28-Feb-2014 08:52
Wow, beautiful! V
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal28-Feb-2014 07:59
Wow een pracht serie Hank!!
Tom Munson28-Feb-2014 02:33
What a great series, Hank. Great work.
Yi Feng28-Feb-2014 02:07
Fantastic capture, Hank.
Larry Umthun28-Feb-2014 02:06
Very nice set of action images Hank.
Ghislaine et Réal Boulet28-Feb-2014 01:25
Great serie.
Michel Foucault27-Feb-2014 22:47
Very nice action shots of this beautiful pileated woodpecker , congrats Hank.
Pierre Martin27-Feb-2014 22:28
not an easy task that you achive Hank
great job
Simon Chandler27-Feb-2014 22:26
Amazing action images! Excellent work. v
Stephanie27-Feb-2014 21:29
What a beauty! :)
We saw one near our home last week. Unfortunately I didn't have my long lens with me that day...
Chris Picard27-Feb-2014 20:56
Well done Hank. These are difficult shots to get.
Colin Storey27-Feb-2014 20:17
Wow, fantastic sharp flight image.
Bert Ooms27-Feb-2014 18:57
Great flight series! First one is my favorite,
Tom LeRoy27-Feb-2014 18:45
Great action shots, Hank. That Pileated really looks fast! V
Rick & José van der Weijde27-Feb-2014 18:17
Great timing, especially the first one.
Well done Hank.
larose forest photos27-Feb-2014 17:37
Excellent set of images showing this magnificent bird!!
joseantonio27-Feb-2014 17:27
Another excellent action series.
Coleen Perilloux Landry27-Feb-2014 16:19
Great flight shots and I know the patience and time you took to get these.
jychamberland27-Feb-2014 16:11
beautiful flight shot serie Hank!
Hennie & Lies Lammers27-Feb-2014 15:39
Outstanding captures Hank!
Carl H. Johnson27-Feb-2014 15:19
Great flight series!!!!
Claude Gagnon27-Feb-2014 14:53
Wow, love this beautiful series :))
Char27-Feb-2014 14:51
Outstanding captures of this Woodpecker in flight, Hank! What a wonderful series of shots! \/
fotabug27-Feb-2014 14:43
Wow, marvelous images! Well done! V
Jim Coffman27-Feb-2014 14:39
A excellent series of this Pileated in action!
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