Drying Time

Gallery: AvianPosted July 29, 2015281 views14 comments

Its very typical for Ospreys to fly out to open water areas during the mid afternoon and dive into the water. They are not fishing but are either bathing or just cooling off or both. They will flop around and submerge several times before returning to there perch for a long grooming session. That is what this older female had just completed and returned to a perch close to our location to shake off the water. The back lighting from the afternoon sun really highlighted the water droplets. Hand held from boat, 60% of full frame.

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File name RAMY_3344_CF57
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Shooting Date/Time 3/23/2015 2:18:19 PM
Author Michael Ramy
Copyright Notice CopyRight Rock Art, Ltd All Rights Reserved
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1600
Av(Aperture Value) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -2/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Focal Length 400.0mm

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 29, 2015 at 1:35 PM

Beautiful, Mike. One of your best in my opinion. The back lighting worked very well for this image and you handled the exposure perfectly.

Well done.

devil

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 29, 2015 at 9:07 PM

I agree with Dennis wholeheartedly! The Osprey has a hilarious "What are you looking at?" seriousness about her. A great shot, Mike! devil

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on July 29, 2015 at 9:19 PM

Very cool image, Mike! I love the pose, the fluffed up look to the feathers, and the backlit water drops.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on July 29, 2015 at 9:43 PM

Very beautiful image, Mike.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on July 29, 2015 at 10:18 PM

Lovely backlit image Mike. Love the highlighted tail feathers and the water droplets. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 29, 2015 at 10:27 PM

Really like the flying water Mike and nice job on the backlit subject!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on July 30, 2015 at 6:55 AM

Excellent work handling the the backlight so beautifully here Mike. Great behavior you captured, but the water drops puts this one over the top for me.

Sweet One devil

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on July 30, 2015 at 3:58 PM

Wonderful shot Mike! really like the droplets and the background. The Osprey really stands out well, Ray

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on July 30, 2015 at 4:08 PM

Mike: the look on the bird's face, the feather detail, the water droplets and the oof background all combine to make an escellent image. Congrats. Richard

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 30, 2015 at 5:18 PM

The larger version is sweet Mike, love the spray, the spider web and the pose. devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 30, 2015 at 7:00 PM

This is a very nice capture Mike. I really like the light on the bird with the darker background. It really pops.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 30, 2015 at 7:06 PM

Wow, your timing couldn't be better Mike, Love the fine water spray all about the bird Mike.

Great details, exposure, pose, setting & BG separation..

Nice! devil

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on July 30, 2015 at 7:37 PM

Man, what can you say...outstanding capture Mike. It sounds like everyone agrees. It's very cool that you captured so much action with a perched bird. Great DOF. Love it! devil

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on August 19, 2015 at 10:09 AM

Thanks to everyone for the kind words and taking the time to comment on this image.

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