Osprey

Gallery: AvianPosted July 6, 2010507 views15 comments

Osprey bringing in a stick for a nest. Ding Darling NWR.

Canon 5D, 100-400 @ 400mm
1/1250 @ f/5.6
ISO 100
-1/3 EV

Larger version included.

Thx for your comments and critiques.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Ed Cordes on July 6, 2010 at 10:54 PM

Nice action and head angle. I like the stick. On my monitor the contrast is a tad high.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 6, 2010 at 11:03 PM

fantastic, Keith! great pose, and the comp is just perfect. love the bg also. really beautiful.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 6, 2010 at 11:50 PM

Nice capture Keith...I really like the wingspan in this shot and the angle.

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Comment posted by Darren McKenna on July 7, 2010 at 2:27 AM

Very nice image Keith, nice extended wing spread. I also like those soft clouds in the BG.

darrenmckenna.com

Registered on October 28, 2008, 31 Posts, 214 Comments

Comment posted by Michele Williams on July 7, 2010 at 5:39 AM

This is exquisite! This shot really grabs me. You caught a great pose, with perfect detail. The contrast is high but for me that adds to the drama of the shot. The stick and the sky are just icing on the cake.

Registered on April 3, 2010, 28 Posts, 146 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on July 7, 2010 at 6:45 AM

BG, lighting, sharpness all superb. Great shot, Keith.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on July 7, 2010 at 8:24 AM

Great wingspread, light and stick really adds upto the image! Just hope that stick is not meant for the photographer

I do see halos from sharpening.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 7, 2010 at 6:08 PM

Superb in-flight pose. I think the sky color is really nice too.

Peter

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 7, 2010 at 9:01 PM

Sweet Osprey image, Keith. I really like the wing position, and you did a great job on the exposure.

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Comment posted by Benjamin DeHaven on July 7, 2010 at 11:01 PM

Again I agree in my eyes, either the contrast is too high or perhaps it is over sharpened a bit. I am still learning the difference. I also have been after these Osprey of late but have fail to capture any in flight with such distinction. Fantastic catch!

Registered on May 31, 2010, 26 Posts, 53 Comments

Comment posted by Larry Fischer on July 8, 2010 at 8:34 AM

Now that's a photograph !!!! The fringing could be the reduction in size or oversharpening but does not detract that much.

Very nice work.

the fisch

Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Brown on July 8, 2010 at 2:53 PM

Wish I could get an image of one of these. Really nice flight shot and excellent dof at f5.6. Graham

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 8, 2010 at 4:51 PM

Excellent Osprey flight shot, looks great to me, way to go.

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Comment posted by Paul Bratescu on July 10, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Looks as though the sky was selected from the halo effect around the raptor and then darkened. The definition in the whiter-light brown part of the feathers seem to smudged? The darker areas have too much contrast, besides that the POV and the moment captured are really nice.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on July 10, 2010 at 10:22 PM

Excelelnt flight pose and added interest with stick. Nice background.

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