Willet Taking Off

Posted by Bob Ettinger on Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:34 pm

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Canon 1D, 500, 2X, incident light meter, sunny 16, PS, clone one branch, cropped from left and a little from the top, USM

The Willet was sitting on this branch and keep leaving and returning. So I set up to get the take off and this is the result.

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by Jill on Sun Sep 07, 2003 7:48 pm

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Excellent image, Bob. The detail and comp are wonderful!!

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by Harvey Edelman on Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:25 pm

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Up, up and away! caught at the right moment!

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by Jim Probst on Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:57 pm

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Bob,

Excellent timing! The composition is beautiful!

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by Dennis Olivero on Sun Sep 07, 2003 9:05 pm

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Nice one Bob, its good to see a willet off the beach and wings up.. cool

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sun Sep 07, 2003 11:21 pm

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Nice. First time that I've seen a willet in a tree or a bush

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by LHays on Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:04 am

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What a great shot. I was certainly taken aback when I saw this one....funny how we associate birds with just one type of habitat. A very nice job getting the action.

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by Alan Melle on Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:20 am

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Great pose and a nice catch of this bird in a different location than usually seen. I think I'd like to see this with the sky darkened a little.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:38 am

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Beautiful shot, Bob. Fill might have been helpful with the shadows. Did you compensate for the whites with your sunny-f16 baseline?

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:46 am

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Another Willet off the ground. Great action here - just a bit hot in the whites.

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by Heather Forcier on Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:22 pm

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Great catch of this bird in the tree. Most of my tree shots look steep but here it doesn't seem steep at all. The raised wings are such a great bonus!

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by Mike Wilson on Mon Sep 08, 2003 2:03 pm

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Great action and perch for a Willet. The contrast seems a bit high on this one.

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by Jim Zipp on Mon Sep 08, 2003 6:30 pm

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Nice shot Bob.

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by PParker on Mon Sep 08, 2003 6:38 pm

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Nice wing position Bob.

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by Anthony Medici on Mon Sep 08, 2003 10:08 pm

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Overall, very nice. A bit of flash might have brought out a bit of the shadow detail on the breast and the far wing. It's only a minor nit. This is still a nice one!