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Proud Willet
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Proud Willet

by Bill Leggett

Gallery: AvianPosted November 20, 2015110 views4 comments
Forgive me if I may have posted this before, but it does not appear in my gallery.  It's not the best quality, but I really liked the pose.  So often these are moving around fast feeding in the shallows, but I caught this one taking a break.

E-5 ZD300 2.8 +EC20 Wimberley I on GT2531, ISO 400 1/2000 f5.7 0.0EV

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on November 20, 2015 at 4:11 PM
Bill, I like this image. I like the pose and the low angle with the clean BG. It looks like it might have been a large crop (see some noise in the BG in the larger image)?  If so, it held up pretty well. I might do a bit of NR on the BG, especially the blue...it always shows with that color more and a tad more sharpening on the head.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 20, 2015 at 5:47 PM
It is a great pose and a great pov, Bill.  The quality looks pretty good and I'm glad you didn't try to sharpen it into looking better.  A very nice image.

devil
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by David Bogener on November 20, 2015 at 6:15 PM
Nice pose captured in what appears to be soft light. I also like the eye level POV.
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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 20, 2015 at 7:36 PM
Very nice Bill, I like the partially lifted back leg, nice colors.  devil
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