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by Luke Ormand

Gallery: AvianPosted April 9, 20151,033 views5 comments

The Osprey hadn't mated yet and were settling back into their old nest (now just 500 feet from a big bad bald eagle nest) and the lighting was perfect.  

Nikon D7100 300mm f4 + 1.7X TC HH

f/8

1/1250s

ISO 400

Cropped to 5X7, minor adjustments

- Luke 

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 9, 2015 at 10:14 PM

The light is excellent here Luke, my eye wishes for a little more room on the bottom to show more of the nest. devil

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 9, 2015 at 10:52 PM

Excellent action, Luke.  Looks like we'll be seeing a lot of Osprey shots this year.  Large image is superb.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 10, 2015 at 9:33 AM

Nate - thanks for the comment.  I would have liked to have more nest in there as well, but this being Long Island the nest is on a platform.  This nest is quite shallow (last year was probably the first year it was used) and will be built up overtime.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments
Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 10, 2015 at 10:25 PM

Nice catch, Luke.  Good work to get them both sharp.   A little more eye contact might be nice, but that's a tall order from two birds.  devil

Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 11, 2015 at 4:03 PM

Nice position on both of these birds Luke. I like the fact you decided to cut off the man made part of the platform nest. We have a lot of the same situation around here.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments