Too big to catch

12/5/12 El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA
This is another shot of this Osprey with his Rainbow Trout catch. This is about as far as he was able to get out of the water with this big fish. He dragged it across the water and eventually lost it. The day this was shot, the Department of Fish and Game did a trout plant, but this one was clearly not recently hatched. This shot was taken at 1/1250, which is usually enough to stop wings in flight, but it was not enough in this shot.

Nikon D800 Nikkor 200-400mm 1.4TC 550mm ISO400 f/7.1 1/1250 RAW White Balance Auto Processed in CS6 Cropped 30 to 40%

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