Willet in flight

[arash_hazeghi]

Willet in flight, feet are retracted in an unusual position for flight, not sure why he was doing it...landed just OK after this shot...



MK4 700mm f/6.3 1/3200sec ISO 800.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Gorgeous pose, with beautiful light and flight/head angle! There is some chromanoise visible in the bottom half of the BG, otherwise pretty much perfect! Well done

[Stu Bowie]

Arash, good banking angle, and I like overall light and colours in this. Good underwing detail too. Well captured.

[christopher galeski]

very nice,good pose and detail,BG magic.thanks.

[denise ippolito]

Arash, Very nice pose and details. Maybe a tiny bit lighter?Beautiful BG colors and head angle. Great job as usual.:)

[stuart wanuck]

good job tfs great detail as usual

[Mike Lentz]

This is a wonderfil image, Arash!

[Grace Scalzo]

You certainly have shown off the beauty of this bird, which is his underside. Fanned tail is a plus. I love the bg color too.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Awesome pose and the vertical crop works a treat...You making that MK IV sing

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Stunning stunning. Love the flight pose the excellent detail and eye and the killer BG. A wonderful image !!!! :):)

[Joe Senzatimore]

Wonderful BIF of a tough subject to get in flight as they are very fast. This is a very fine image. I love the vertical comp. It works very well.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arash, You have cropped this perfectly. strong diagonal comp. Bird's angle, BG, sharpness....everything as it should be. Hats off to you. Shorebirds in flight is very very tough. With my equipment, I dont even try it :-)

[Morkel Erasmus]

top quality as usual Arash - love the pose, details and light...

[Bill Holsten]

Wonderful shot! Wing position and lighting are over the top.

Bill

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great banking pose, BG, eye contact and sharpness. The unusual position of the legs adds to it. I agree with Krijn regarding the chroma noise in the BG.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent shot!!

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks everybody, looks like I forgot to run chroma NR on this one, here is BG cleaned up

[Nico Steenberg]

Great sharp detail and IQ. Like the pose and comp. Subject is well exposed with good natural colours against a killer bg. Well done !