{"id":15500,"date":"2013-05-22T05:07:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T11:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=15500"},"modified":"2013-05-22T05:07:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T11:07:42","slug":"willet-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/22\/willet-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Willet Take-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning I found this Willet perched on one of the Tintic Quartzite boulders so common on the northern part of Antelope Island.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0I’m generally not particularly fond of these rocks as perches because of their brightness but this bird partially made up for its choice of perch by giving me a little action…<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0when it decided to take off.\u00a0 It took one step…<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 and then raised those flashy wings for take-off.\u00a0 For this post I thought I’d show you what happens to me more often than not in these situations – I screw up the most crucial shots.<\/p>\n

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Here I clipped a wing.<\/p>\n

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\"willet<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And this last image isn’t quite\u00a0as sharp as the others.\u00a0 Bird photography ain’t easy…<\/p>\n

The Willets are still active on the higher slopes of the island but it won’t be long until they’re spending most of their time along the shoreline and causeway.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning I found this Willet perched on one of the Tintic Quartzite boulders so common on the northern part of Antelope Island. The Willets are still active on the higher slopes of the island but it won’t be long until they’re spending most of their time along the shoreline and causeway.<\/p>\n

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