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I had to post a shot of this little Downy Woodpecker. I was shooting butterflies and he flew onto the tree right behind me with a loud flapping noise. When I turned around, I was expecting a bigger bird. He was too close for my zoom. I had to back up.

[Kerri]

Beautiful bird

[Rach_who]

Wonderful shot

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Magical moment! If he was t hat close! Cool shot

[Call me Joe]

Great shot:)

[Nancy]

Nice

[Darlene]

Wonderful shot and detail.

[Denise Wood]

Awesome :) Fav

[Ruby]

Lovely detail

[Claire]

Fabulous close up

[Issi Bannerman]

Lovely!

[Kay Hodges]

Fabulous close up

[CINDY JOHNSON]

lovely woodpecker

[Shirley Banford]

Beautiful capture.

[Bridget]

How did you get such a plain background behind the woodpecker? It's great

[Anita Campbell]

I'm with Bridget.... How?

[Stephen Malbon]

@otterz @aglennc The EXIF says f/8 at 280mm and the description says "too close for my zoom, I had to back up" so I'd say that the DOF is very shallow due to being very close to the subject with a long lens and the background is therefore deeply out of focus.

[Bridget]

@smalbon Thanks

[Anita Campbell]

Out of focus? Whatever! It's perfect for the shot.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Fabulous close up!

[Rosie Kind]

Fabulous shot - Fav

[Denise fuller]

Fantastic detail

[Faye Turner]

Great capture!

[Milanie]

Wonderful detail - love the little downies. They don't seem bothered by us being out there. (As opposed to most every other living thing!)

[Carolyn White]

@smalbon There wasn't anything in the background, except sky.

[Carolyn White]

@otterz Thank you. There wasn't anything in the background, except sky. The greenish hues are from sunlight coming through the leaves on the tree.

[Carolyn White]

@aglennc Thank you very much, Anita. There wasn't anything in the background, except sky. The greenish hues are from sunlight coming through the leaves on the tree.

[Rick Schies]

I do believe you caught him by surprise

[Stephen Malbon]

@cjwhite that would also do it :)