This bird patrolled the coral reef tops around Marsa Alam on the southern Egyptian Red sea coast. It wasn't particularly skittish (as they are here in Sweden) so it took a rest from flying in a very strong wind and landed quite close to me.
There are a few hundred pairs breeding along the Egyptian Red sea coast but this one can just as well be one of our European birds taking a well deserved winter vacation (image taken Jan 1, 2007).
Cheers, Jens.
(Olympus E-1, Zuiko Digital ED 50-200 lens + 1.4x TC = 283 mm, f/5.0, 1/640 sec. ISO 200.)
Posted by jack chapman on March 25, 2007 at 8:30 AM
good shot, judging from the perspective you were lying down?
yes, the wind was really strong so I used the rocks for support.
Also, I tried to hide the best I could - it isn't each day that I get this close to a perched osprey. Unfortunately, a tourist woman just went straight up to me, scared off the bird, and then innocently asked "What kind of bird was that?"
I guess one can't claim the entire beach in possesion just because one wants to photograph a beautiful bird...
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4 repliesThere are a few hundred pairs breeding along the Egyptian Red sea coast but this one can just as well be one of our European birds taking a well deserved winter vacation (image taken Jan 1, 2007).
Cheers, Jens.
(Olympus E-1, Zuiko Digital ED 50-200 lens + 1.4x TC = 283 mm, f/5.0, 1/640 sec. ISO 200.)
yes, the wind was really strong so I used the rocks for support.
Also, I tried to hide the best I could - it isn't each day that I get this close to a perched osprey. Unfortunately, a tourist woman just went straight up to me, scared off the bird, and then innocently asked "What kind of bird was that?"
I guess one can't claim the entire beach in possesion just because one wants to photograph a beautiful bird...
Cheers, Jens.
John
Aberdeen.