Motif: Willet at Sunset


Posted by Jim Zipp on Tue Oct 14, 2003 11:45 am

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I took this image many years ago at Reeds Beach in New Jersey. I have no specs on this but my guess would be that it was taken with my Nikon 400 f3.5 with a converter probably. As red as the sky is at the horizon where the sun was going down I can honestly tell you that this is as close to the slide as I can get it with no saturation added. Thanks for looking.
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by Alan Murphy on Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:30 pm
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Just awesome Jim.
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by Sandy Mossberg on Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:34 pm
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Beautiful, Jim. If only the bird were sitting on the lower left branch. Some sharpening halos are present arount the bird and branches.
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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:36 pm
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Cool. I like the way that the thin branch is pointing right up at the Willet
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by Mike Wilson on Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:44 pm
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Spectacular!!
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by Bill Keown on Tue Oct 14, 2003 1:16 pm
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Spectacular image.

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Oct 14, 2003 1:44 pm
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Absolutely gorgeous.
 

by Bruce DiVaccaro on Tue Oct 14, 2003 3:59 pm
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Jim,

Wonderful shot. The composition is excellent.
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by AlexC on Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:04 pm
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Feathers in my Merlot with a yellow olive to boot!!! 8) 8) 8)
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by Bob Ettinger on Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:06 pm
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Maybe an oldie but certainly a goodie.
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by Jim Zipp on Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:20 pm
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Sandy Mossberg wrote:Beautiful, Jim. If only the bird were sitting on the lower left branch. Some sharpening halos are present arount the bird and branches.
Sandy, You are right, I see the halo too. I made this from a file for 8x10 prints instead of going back to the original and maybe that's it as I only did one mild sharpening pass instead of my usual two. Should have seen it.
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by ajhand on Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:21 pm
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Jim:

I think you've got this photography thing pretty well nailed down.

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by stevebein on Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:39 pm
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by KK Hui on Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:10 pm
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An impressive shot, Jim! :lol:
As already commented by Sandy, would like to see some backing off on usm as halos already obvious ...
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by Bill Whala on Tue Oct 14, 2003 8:55 pm
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Killer colors and composition. :)
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by T Williams on Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:01 pm
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What an incredible shot! Perfect timing to get the pose of the willet like this.
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by LHays on Wed Oct 15, 2003 4:01 am
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This one really popped off the screen when I opened it early this morning. Talk about waking me up.....awesome shot.
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by Alan Melle on Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:36 am
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Wow! This is an awesome graphic. Great color.
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by Anthony Medici on Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:28 pm
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Nice sun! Cute bird too. Great background colors. :D
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