Went out early today prior to the rains coming, down to Allens Neck Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary in Westport MA. Walked down to the beach, the weather was foggy and watch and photographed the terns, gulls, eiders and piping plovers. On the way back to the sanctuary's field station, this willet landed on a tree swallow box and talked to me. he allowed me to get to within 10 feet. There is no crop on the photo.
Nikon D300s Sigma 150-500 Hand held
150-500mm @ 500mm
750mm (in 35mm film)
1/1250 sec, f/8
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: -2/3
ISO: 400
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Hehehe, good capture and expression. Love the clean BG. Not sure about the rotation since the perch does not seem to be straight to begin with :)
I think the plumage looks a bit oversharpened and you could make your copyright a bit larger. TFS.
Fabs
Thanks,
The perch is a tilted Tree Swallow nesting Box wich put the bird at my eye level. It was somewhat foggy and I wanted to bring out the color better on the bird
Lucky you! I can almost hear him now. Great open beak pose, and the tilted nest box doesn't bother me. The bg is beautiful, and exposure looks good. Also nicely composed in the camera, although I might have cropped just a bit from right and top. Are those cloning artifacts, or something else funky (maybe layer mask inaccuracies), in several places at the top edge of the back and head?
Talking Willet
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