Willet from Ft DeSoto

[Amy DeStefanis]

A willet hunting in the sand Saturday morning at Ft DeSoto.

Nikon D80
ISO 400
70-300 @ 280mm
1/400 @ f/11
Manual exposure
hand-held

Thanks!
Amy D.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Hi Amy,
Beautiful colours and great behavioral shot. I would be tempted to boost the contrast a little. Nice shot:)

[Jasper Doest]

Nice behavioral photograph.....next time you might want to try to get down to a lower shooting angle....as this would bring more intimacy to your photograph.

[Arthur Morris]

EXP good and a wonderful job of getting him with his bill in the sand. A bit more sharpening would have helped and getting lower would have helped too. The breaking wave merging with the bird is a distraction.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very nice timing in this capture and I agree withh the above comments. Many thanks for sharing Amy and will look forward to your future posts.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Agree with all commets above, specially with the one about getting lower, still as presetned is very nice, exposure, pose, comp, light, all verty good, big congrats!

[Adams Serra]

Hey Amy,
It was nice meeting you at Ft Desoto
Nice image, i also agree with the comments above.

Adams

[Judd Patterson]

It was really nice to meet you at the GTG! Fine work on the exposure and capturing the digging in the sand. I agree with Artie that the wave behind the bird is a bit distracting. I know the bird was likely probing and then moving, but I wonder how this would look if the wave were a bit farther along and nearly at the feet of the Willet. At DeSoto I often find myself reshooting the same subject to try and improve on the background waves.

[Amy DeStefanis]

Thanks everyone,

I do have another shot that I'd passed up because the eye was not quite as sharp as this one.... I sharpened it, and it looks pretty good. I think it addresses some of the issues presented here! :)

I'll post it later this evening.

Amy D.