High Key Osprey
by Dennis Plank
Another from Florida in March. This is as much about the perch as it is the Osprey, I think. They seemed to fit very well when the Osprey assumed this pose. Bright overcast in the bg created the white sky.
7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 451 mm, hand held from boat, f/9, 1/1600, iso 500, manual exposure (I still had to bring it up a fair amount). Processed in LR5 & CS6. This was cropped to 16.4 MP before resizing. I had to burn in the top of the head a bit to make it stand out from the white sky and dodge the wings to bring out a bit more detail. Taken at 1:10 PM on March 27th on the St. Johns river in Florida.
Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.
Thanks,
Comments
1 commentsthe high key works for me, as it is also the perch and the overall composition of the image.
Anyhow, even knowing that it is nature subjects that we photograph, I would have liked a better eye contact to the bird.