Osprey fishing.......

Gallery: AvianPosted June 27, 2011101 views11 comments

This Ospre was going for his third attempt of a fish...seems he was getting frustrated!
Full frame shot, actually had to add a little canvas and add a little wing tip since I clipped it in the shot (right lower hand corner). It was so close to me a was over glassed

but still loved the expression add wet body look the osprey had.

ISO 400
F5.6
1/2000 ss
500mm

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on June 27, 2011 at 1:32 PM

great moment and expression,, nice detail, thank you for sharing

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 27, 2011 at 1:48 PM

Gorgeous detail, Eric and I love the intent look on the Osprey. I'm surprised you had that much dof with him filling the frame.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on June 27, 2011 at 3:13 PM

Eric, a great view of this bird with nice light. I like the flight position as well. My only nit is the much lighter area of the sky amongst the bird's talons. It looks like you did a selection on the sky BG and reduced the brightness of the BG, but the areas of the sky around the talons did not get selected/reduced and thus stayed brighter. I would fix that as it stands out quite a bit. Cheers.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 27, 2011 at 4:24 PM

Good work getting it all in the frame!

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 27, 2011 at 5:01 PM

Good work. Exposure, dof, eye contact, comp—all spot on. No nits.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on June 27, 2011 at 6:01 PM

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on 06/27/11 at 3:13 pm EST
Registered on 12/06/08, 258 Posts, 5431 Comments
Eric, a great view of this bird with nice light. I like the flight position as well. My only nit is the much lighter area of the sky amongst the bird's talons. It looks like you did a selection on the sky BG and reduced the brightness of the BG, but the areas of the sky around the talons did not get selected/reduced and thus stayed brighter. I would fix that as it stands out quite a bit. Cheers.
Ron B
Sebastian, FL
Whistlingwingsphotography.com
You cannot save time, you can only spend it wisely. Or, perhaps, freeze a moment of it in a photograph.

Nice eye Ron, I see it now. Definitely going to touch that up!

Registered on October 2, 2009, 69 Posts, 434 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 27, 2011 at 6:44 PM

I like the feather detail and the look the osprey is giving on the larger image, nice job in getting this full frame, way to go.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 27, 2011 at 7:01 PM

Wonderful details and excellent wing position. That Osprey looks very intense, nice work.
Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 27, 2011 at 10:07 PM

Really like the wing position in this one and nice techs as well Eric. Dramatic and cool!!

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 28, 2011 at 2:40 AM

Love the lighting on and the textures in the underparts and particularly the ruffled feathers, beautifully detailed shot Eric, very well done :^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 28, 2011 at 9:41 PM

The larger image reveals the nice detail that you have captured here. Diagonal position of the bird is very appealing. Problem with the foot area noted. You might also have a second look at the whites-there is a slight yellow cast to the image.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments