First, let me set the stage. I was on the north side of White Rock Lake in Dallas with my Siggy 500, a TC and my tripod. I was there to find some perched birds to shoot. That area has been good to me before. Sure enough there were tons of birds but all were busy moving around, butter butts, waxwings, red winged blackbirds, etc... With the set-up I had, the TC removes autofocus so I have to manually focus while tracking with the lens. It's pretty much near impossible for me. I really needed my 100-400 IS lens, but, oh well. Anyhow, I spotted this red bellied woodpecker setting up its new digs. It was moving all around the tree and hammering all the time. But I did not want to risk losing it by removing the TC and then reattaching everything so this is what I got. They could be sharper and the light was very harsh. It was about 4:30 in the afternoon. I also had to contend with some branches in the way that I manually blurred out of focus. Oh and I swear I did not try to oversaturate the colors like this. This is how the colors basically were in the RAW image. I added just a tad of selective color and used the shadows and highlights function to help with the harsh light, but I have no idea why the colors are so vivid, almost too vivid. Anyhow, here it is in its 700mm glory. I compared these to some other shots of red belled woodpeckers on the Net and except for those professional photogs. I suppose these aren't that bad given the conditions.