Fightin' Willets

Gallery: AvianPosted September 29, 2010131 views3 comments

While walking to one of my shooting spots at Bolsa Chica had two sunny mornings after a few days of overcast and fog. I came upon two Willets who looked like they were fighting. Well because of my being so new to birds and bird photography, I was not too surprised a few moments later that they had other intentions. I like the way the wings of one kind of encircle the other. Comments and suggestions are appreciated

Location: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California
Date taken 09-11-2010 around 5:30 p.m.
Sunny evening
Canon 7D
EF 400 L 5.6
Shooting Mode = Aperture Priority
ISO 640
Shutter 1/4000
f/ 7.1
Exposure Comp. -2/3
WB Auto
Handheld
Processed in Elements 8 from Raw image
Cropped to 85% of image by pixel count

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on September 30, 2010 at 10:10 AM

Harry,

I believe they are in love! I had the opportunity to photograph similar behavior this spring! Nice capture!

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on October 1, 2010 at 3:47 PM

Love is in the air Harry. Nice capture of an intimate moment. Did you and Eric get some good shots on Sunday? Looking frward to seeing some of them Harry. I may be down at Bolsa Chica this weekend. Don't know what day. I'll e-mail you and Eric. Nice post Harry.

Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 1, 2010 at 9:05 PM

Harry,

Love the behavior you captured, even though the bird in the front is facing away there is a tension I like in the image caused by the interaction of the willets.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments