Osprey & Trout

Gallery: AvianPosted December 5, 2012261 views9 comments

Taken 12/5/12 at El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA

Nikon D800 Nikkor 200-400mm 1.4TC 550mm White Balance Auto
RAW f/7.1 ISO 400 1/1250 Cropped and processed in CS6

Trout were planted at the lake today at 11:00. I arrived at around 2:30PM and was lucky to photograph this Osprey fairly close to the shoreline where I was located. This trout was clearly not planted today judging from its size. The Osprey was immersed, came up, flapped his wings and nearly got lift off before he lost the fish. He dragged it about 15 feet across the water.

Comments welcome

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 6, 2012 at 12:07 AM

Terrific image! The detail in the large version is great. Nice head-on pose and nice osprey eye. That is a huge fish; I'm not surprised he had to drop it.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on December 6, 2012 at 6:45 AM

That osprey had illusions of grandeur. Amazing shot. When I first saw it I knew the fish would be too heavy. A thought provoking image. Good job, Patrick.

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Comment posted by Jerry Marella on December 6, 2012 at 9:47 AM

Great wing position and water action, Patrick.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on December 6, 2012 at 9:59 AM

Great timing Patrick,
Outstanding action, well done.

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Comment posted by Fred Laberge on December 7, 2012 at 10:56 AM

Great shot. I've seen this happen a few times while fly fishing, but never captured the image. You've captured it beautifully.

Registered on December 2, 2012, 3 Posts, 17 Comments

Comment posted by Tonia Graves on December 7, 2012 at 10:59 AM

Great timing on this Patrick! Love the low perspective and the over-sized fish!

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 7, 2012 at 2:33 PM

Interesting action and good timing to get this, way to go.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on December 9, 2012 at 9:34 AM

Super Shot Patrick!!
This one is on my bucket listl
Congrats!!

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on December 12, 2012 at 3:54 AM

Spectacular shot ! Love the eye. It is looking at you as though saying " stay away buddy, the fish is mine ! "
Great job Patrick !

Tjie

Registered on December 4, 2012, 51 Posts, 511 Comments