My catch

Gallery: AvianPosted February 16, 2018934 views4 comments

I was waiting for something to happen while sitting next to an old dead cottonwood tree when a Osprey landed with a fresh catch. He preened himself for a while, spread his wings as if enjoying a good stretch & then he got down to some serious eating!
All feedback is appreciated I have reposted this image to take advantage of Dennis's comments
Photo Info

CAMERA	Canon EOS 60D
LENS	EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
ISO	1600
FOCAL LENGTH	365.0 mm (574.1 mm in 35mm)
APERTURE	f/8
EXPOSURE TIME	0.0005s (1/2000)

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 17, 2018 at 4:07 PM

You caught a really nice pose here, Ry, and the fish is a nice bonus. There is a pale halo around the bird and the perch which usually indicates some kind of processing issue. If you could give some detail on the processing steps you followed, we might be able to isolate the cause.

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Comment posted by Alan Bryant on February 18, 2018 at 5:24 AM

Nice capture, but it looks like you underexposed the image then used the Shadow/Highlight tool to bring it back out of the shadows, which in turn has giving that halo effect around the subject!

As said its a nice capture though!

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Comment posted by Ry Birge on February 18, 2018 at 8:11 AM

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on February 20, 2018 at 12:34 AM

Cool landing shot Ry, and you did a nice job recovering the image and reducing the haloing in your repost.

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