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Osprey

by Russell Colletta

Gallery: AvianPosted March 8, 201086 views4 comments
A recent business trip to the east cost afforded the opportunity for a side trip to Florida. A vacant lot from my childhood is now a park along the coast in Brevard County. I went to reminisce, and spent the afternoon watching the Ospreys fish. Two flew over with their catch, but, of course, none did after I got the camera out. A great afternoon in a special place from my past.
Nikon D300s
70-200 f2.8 with 1.4 TC
1/1250 sec @ f4
Handheld with VR on
Processed in Lightroom

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on March 8, 2010 at 9:01 PM
Nice shot of the osprey. I like that the bird is looking down. Nice and sharp, well exposed. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on March 8, 2010 at 9:08 PM
Nice shot. I like the eye contact and backlighting on the right wing. Some of the whites look blown out to me. You could probably tone that down a bit.
Registered on November 30, 2008, 114 Posts, 790 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on March 9, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Russell,

I like the eye contact, the blue sky background and the backlighting on the right wing. Some of the whites just under the shadow of the wing seem hot to me, you may be able to bring those down in RAW and bring out some details there.

It must have been nice to see the vacant lot you knew as a child in FL become a park, some of my vacant lots from my childhood in FL became Disney *sigh*
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 9, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Russell, I live in Sebastian, FL. I too agree that it was nice for your lot to become a park. Anyway. I like this shot for the nice light under the wings and the eye contact. I agree that some of the whites under the wing are hot. I have processed a lot of osprey images and from what I can see you should be able to rescue those whites without too much trouble.
Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments