Firehole River Osprey

Gallery: AvianPosted September 26, 2016111 views4 comments

I found this guy along the Firehole River in Yellowstone. He had just attempted to catch a trout. He missed and got very wet. He violently shook the water off just after I took this image. Processed using Lightroom CC (2015.6.1) and Photoshop CC (2015.5) along with Light Craft's LightZone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 1Dx Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f5.6
1/3200s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 640

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4 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 26, 2016 at 4:37 PM

Great pose and excellent detail, Jerry. Most of the bird looks a bit dark-you might separate the highlights and raise the brightness of the rest of the image a little bit.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on September 26, 2016 at 8:13 PM

Dennis, thanks for the comments. I lightened up the dark underside a bit.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on September 29, 2016 at 2:04 AM

Very sharp, great detail, perfect pose. I like the lightened underside. I might also lighten the sky a bit.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on September 29, 2016 at 4:03 PM

Jerry, nice catch. I agree with Barbara concerning lightening the sky, it just appears a little too dark to be natural to me. (Even if it was that saturated.) Really cool flight pose. Wing position is perfect.

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