Quote Originally Posted by Joel Eade View Post
Hairy Woodpecker, from the backyard this evening

1DX
700mm
tripod
manual mode, spot metering with +1 stop of exposure compensation
ISO 3200
f/5.6
1/800
Joel,
I know you pay a lot of attention to the background - but to you actually plan the gradients, maybe by adjusting perch and camera height?
Looks great, even better than a unicolor background.