Willet

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk IV, 500mm f/4L + 1.4xII, 1/1600, f/8, ISO 400
Manual exposure mode at Sunny f/16 (about 2 3/4 hours after sunrise)
Slight crop for composition (about 98% of Full Frame)

This was one of the "bonus birds" that we had the opportunity to photograph during my "Plovers & Terns" workshop last month on the North Shore of Massachusetts.

[dankearl]

Beautiful stark image. Excellent IQ and the bluish band at the top is a nice touch for me.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background.

[christopher galeski]

very nice,nice pose,sharp with plenty of detail,great light,nice low angle.thanks.

[gail bisson]

What a wonderful moment we had with this willet.
I love the pose and the clean sand and BG. tack sharp and perfect exposure,
Gail

[rajandesai]

Hey Mike, Sure this was a bonus... I like your presentation here. Well done.

[Wynand van Wyk]

Stunning background and detail on this image! Love the pose and background.

Superbly done!

[PhilCook]

Truly excellent, such magic with the light in this image and a posture that adds life to the image, hard to beat

[Sachin Saraf]

Mike, looks like you and all the workshop participants made best out of this opportunity...Great work.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

I love how the bird is tip-toeing with stretched wings and an open beak.
Super low angle and a clean beach add a whole lot to this image.

I love it as is, but if anything, I'd remove the one oof shell right above your signature and apply a slight warming filter to the image.

[Marina Scarr]

Spot on exposure and a lovely pose. Would have liked it even more from a lower perspective with a blue BG.

[Rachel Hollander]

Great pose, exp and sharpness. Like the comp too.

TFS,
Rachel

[HadiAnsari]

nice image,nice pose,sharp with soft background.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Mike! I like the wing position, open beak, exposure, sharpness and BG.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent wings up pose captured, Mike.

[Robert Holguin]

Very, very nice shot. I love the pose, excellent shooting angle, great background, and excellent details.
Very well done.