{"id":15074,"date":"2014-05-27T03:44:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T09:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15074"},"modified":"2025-11-14T06:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:35:37","slug":"tiptoeing-willet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/05\/27\/tiptoeing-willet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiptoeing Willet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TiptoeingTiptoeing Willet – Nikon D300, f11, 1\/640, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Normally I prefer to have my subjects larger in the\u00a0frame than this image of a Willet tiptoeing on the surface of the Great Salt Lake<\/span><\/a> as it landed. But I like this image even though my subject is small in the frame. A lot of the time this is a view that people without a long lens or binoculars gets to see yet this bird is easily recognizable as a Willet and we even get to see the flash of white of its wings.<\/p>\n

This might not be everyone’s cup of tea but I find it pleasing all the same.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Willet photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Normally I prefer to have my subjects larger in the frame than this image of a Willet tiptoeing on the surface of the Great Salt Lake as it landed. 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