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Willets
« on: May 14, 2018, 09:09:27 am »

This courting pair obliged by circling several times.
« Last Edit: May 14, 2018, 09:16:48 am by sdwilsonsct »
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Re: Willets
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2018, 10:58:57 am »

Nice go at a really tough shot. I think a lot of our friends at Lula underestimate the difficulty of getting a good shot of a fast bird in flight.  But alas it is not street.  ;)
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Re: Willets
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2018, 11:36:07 am »

This is more appealing to me than much "street."
Very nice capture.
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Re: Willets
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2018, 10:42:22 pm »

Thanks, Chuck and Eric. Not so difficult to sit in the breeze on a sunny roadside  and wait for the birds to circle around again and again.

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Re: Willets
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2018, 09:01:50 am »

Good shot. It is not just difficult, even though they are so nicely circling, it is much like shooting propeller driven aircraft where the object is to get a perfectly articulated body with total prop blur. Unfortunately, wing blur doesn't always translate the same. Low and fast to the ground, this is a great shot, street or otherwise...and I am not sure the moderators shouldn't just make a whole section dedicated strictly to "Street," a section called "Nature," and lastly one called "Landscape."

Silly me, I should have looked first...two out of three isn't bad at all but there still needs to be a section for "nature" only.
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Re: Willets
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2018, 07:18:18 am »

That’s very impressive.
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Re: Willets
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2018, 07:44:55 pm »

Chris, Martin: thanks!

I like this because, for once, the birds are headed towards me instead of away.

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Re: Willets
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2018, 08:56:07 pm »

Great shot! I for one do not underestimate the difficulty of getting such a shot.
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