Willet running

Posted by Mike Wilson on Sat Sep 06, 2003 8:39 pm

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Took this on 8-18-03 at La Jolla just before sunset. The coastal clouds had come in partially obscuring the sun so I tried some experiments with flash on an a Willet that was running past me along the water's edge. I liked the colors of the sunset being partially reflected on the wet sand but I knew the bird would be quite dark so I turned the flash on to try and light up the bird. I took only a few shots and this was the best. Cropped about 20% off top and left/right sides. This is a very close match to the slide.
N90s, Tamron 200-400mm @ 400mm f/5.6 - handheld, SB-26, Provia 100F

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by KK Hui on Sat Sep 06, 2003 8:47 pm

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Nice one, Mike!

You caught the running action beautifully here. Perhaps a little more contrast than is might pop the image ...

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by Mike Wilson on Sat Sep 06, 2003 8:54 pm

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Thanks KK. Here's more contrast.

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Sat Sep 06, 2003 10:27 pm

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Nice action shot with just enough foot blur. Sharp for handhold!

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Sat Sep 06, 2003 10:29 pm

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Sorry, forgot to say I prefer the repost. Nice one.

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by E.J. Peiker on Sat Sep 06, 2003 11:31 pm

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What a show-off doin' his strut

I like it!

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by Jim Probst on Sat Sep 06, 2003 11:54 pm

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Mike,

Excellent action, and the light is great! Well done!

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by Alan Melle on Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:29 am

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Great action shot and good use of flash. The repost makes this handsome bird pop nicely. Well done.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:12 am

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Mike,

Very nice shot. You caught a great pose. I like the color of the water. The added contrast in the repost improved the image.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:11 am

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Lovely shot, Mike. The action is great.

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by Neil Solomon on Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:43 pm

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Mike,

I always like the reflected color of the sunset on the wet sand. I think it shows off the Willet much better then the morning backgrounds we have to work with. Good job catching the action. Oh, and I think I like the repost a little better then the original.

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by Bob Ettinger on Sun Sep 07, 2003 2:07 pm

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Mike,

The repost is the one. It looks like he is prancing. Good job.

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:57 pm

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Mike, Its the attitude the bird is giving off that makes this shot for me.

Great capture

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by Harvey Edelman on Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:19 pm

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My only nit would have been the lack of contrast but you took care of that.

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by LHays on Mon Sep 08, 2003 12:07 pm

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"Run Willet run!!' Great shot, Mike. The repost is better. These guys don't stay still for a moment.....get catch!!

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by Heather Forcier on Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:12 pm

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Wow, I really like this! The bird is sharp but the motion blur on the legs is really neat. And the color of the water is extremely nice.

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by Anthony Medici on Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:28 pm

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I think you could have bumped the saturation and the contrast in the original. The slight contrast boost you gave the second one is an improvement but I don't think you went far enough.
The reason to do all this work on this one is that it's a great action image and deserves this level of attention. That's one nice image.

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