'Get a Grip'

Gallery: AvianPosted May 3, 2014244 views4 comments

Get a Grip is a capture for the St Johns River trip the week that Mark Seaver joined me. We had several good encounters with Ospreys fishing. This one came past us very close and I was lucky to get off a shot but was unable to get all the wings in the frame but still thought it had enough interest to post. Mark and I were testing each other's lenses at the time and I was using his fixed 400 mm for this shot. Hand held from boat, cropped to 80% of FF.

File Name Ramy_7367_CF44.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Date/Time 3/22/2014 5:23:55 PM
Author Michael Ramy
Copyright Notice Rock Art Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1600
Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 800
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF400mm f/5.6L USM
Focal Length 400.0mm

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 3, 2014 at 12:10 PM

Great post, you have my interest Mike!
When I come out there, I'm gonna get me one of these

Nice BG, details, and you've managed the light/shadows well.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 3, 2014 at 1:16 PM

Nice image Mike. Always amazes me how Ospreys hold fish when they fly. Too bad about the wings being clipped. I might take a look at a small amount of desaturation of the greens. Maybe they were really that green, but they grab my attention.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 4, 2014 at 1:45 AM

Excellent detail except for the little patch on the leg that's blown out, Mike. Cool action, and the missing wing doesn't really intrude itself.

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Comment posted by Andrew Sentipal on May 6, 2014 at 12:52 AM

Great action shot.

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