{"id":62957,"date":"2018-09-03T05:16:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T11:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=62957"},"modified":"2018-09-03T05:43:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T11:43:31","slug":"willet-in-flight-showing-off-those-flashy-wing-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/03\/willet-in-flight-showing-off-those-flashy-wing-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Willet In Flight Showing Off Those Flashy Wing Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I should be much more careful when choosing a single\u00a0image from a series to post on Feathered Photography.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

On May 21 of this year I photographed\u00a0a Willet taking off from sagebrush on Antelope Island. Nine days later I posted this single image of the bird on my blog. It was well received by viewers\u00a0but dammit, I now believe I didn’t choose the best image from the series to post and I wasn’t aware of my\u00a0error until last night.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the photo, the next\u00a0one in the burst, I wish I’d posted. The two images are remarkably similar, almost unbelievably so. That happens occasionally when the wing-stroke speed of the bird matches that of my camera burst rate (10 frames\/sec.). I\u00a0probably chose the previous photo to post because the willet was already slightly past me and without thinking much about it\u00a0I just figured that issue should\u00a0be slightly\u00a0less noticeable if I posted the earliest one in the series.<\/p>\n

But in looking at both images more carefully (as I should have the first time) I like this one significantly\u00a0better for three reasons:<\/p>\n