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Willet Taking the Plunge
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Willet Taking the Plunge

by Bill Leggett

Gallery: AvianPosted September 13, 2010126 views7 comments
I usually prefer to see the whole bird in my images, but thought I'd post this one from last Saturday on the beach in Gulfport. The Willet didn't come up with anything on this, but I suspect that it was shrimp on the menu. Cropped to 8x10 format from 4/3rds.

Olympus E-3 ZD300 F2.8 +EC20 Wimberley I, ISO 400 1/2000 f6.3 -0.3EV

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on September 13, 2010 at 7:41 PM
Nice image. I like the water frozen it time. Completely sharp. And I like the vacuum phenomenon around the neck.
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Comment posted by David Haynes on September 13, 2010 at 8:07 PM
Nice action shot Bill. You might add a little canvas to the left side but otherwise like it as is.
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Comment posted by Ken Archer on September 13, 2010 at 10:23 PM
That's quite a plunge :biggrin: Sweet catch Bill :toast:

Ken Archer
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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on September 14, 2010 at 3:50 AM
Great capture Bill
cheers
Rob
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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 14, 2010 at 9:22 AM
Very very interesting!
Jagdeep Rajput
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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 14, 2010 at 12:28 PM
I usually also prefer a head, but this is way funny! Good image and love the soft light+bg! :toast:
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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 14, 2010 at 7:43 PM
Cool! :toast:
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