Osprey & Fish

Gallery: AvianPosted December 17, 2011257 views13 comments

Canon EOS 7D
EF400mm f/5.6L USM
12/17/2011 – 10:15:16 AM
1/1250 sec
Shutter priority
f/10
ISO 800 (don't like this setting)
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Raw, LR3, CS5, 63% of FF

Not the best osprey with fish image I will be able to get, hopefully -- dark fish (not a pretty silvery fish), osprey flying from one feeding spot down to a lower one (so not flying straight or up, both of which would be better), ISO set too high -- but I think it's postable, and it was exciting to get my first osprey with a fish.

Comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on December 17, 2011 at 3:53 PM

great shot Barbara, right time on right spot ...

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

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 17, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Hi Barbara,
Nice action and it looks sharp. A lower f-stop of 6.3 or 7.1 would have allowed you to drop your iso and/or increase your shutter speed and you probably didn´t need F10 here.

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on December 17, 2011 at 4:45 PM

Nice shot, Barbara.

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 17, 2011 at 4:50 PM

I agree. With the 400mm f/7.1 or even 6.3 would have been fine for DOF. Then you could have dropped your ISO down to maybe 500 and still had your SS at or above 1/1000s. Keep at it. An awesome osprey with fish will come soon.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on December 17, 2011 at 5:40 PM

Nice shot -- action like this makes photography fun -

Registered on February 3, 2007, 387 Posts, 1136 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on December 17, 2011 at 7:25 PM

Barbara, I agree with you. I don't like to go above 400 ISO with my 7D either. I like your image and I will take any kind of fish in any Osprey shots I might get. Good job.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 17, 2011 at 8:04 PM

Barbara, don't sell yourself short. This is a good image! I wouldn't be unhappy if it were mine. I do agree with Nate about a wider shutter, but I see an image in good focus and stop action. There is a bit of noise in the darker feathers. A very small nit at this size, and would probably disappear in a print. All in all, a class image!

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 18, 2011 at 2:18 AM

Your persistence with the ospreys is paying off!
Nice..

Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 18, 2011 at 7:14 AM

Nice job with this one, congrats on your first osprey with fish!
Perhaps not the best possible POV or angle, but I definitely agree..It's highly "postable"

Well done & Merry Christmas

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 18, 2011 at 12:46 PM

A solid performance - you are getting a good handle on the camera mechanics for BIF work.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 18, 2011 at 1:13 PM

I'd certainly take it, Barbara. Nice crisp image and a good look at the eye.

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

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 18, 2011 at 7:57 PM

Looks good and your skills are definitely improving.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 19, 2011 at 1:29 PM

A very good flight shot. I am usually below f7.1 for my flight attempts sometimes even f5.6 so I can get as fast a shutter speed as possible. I like seeing the feather detail under the wing and getting a fish is a real plus, nice job in getting this, way to go.

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