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Osprey

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Posted by Craig Churchill on July 11, 2008 at 7:43 AM
Osprey
A recent trip to finland to photograph fishing osprey.
A wonderful experience watching these birds at a such a close distance but still very difficult to photograph as they are so so fast and you have a couple of seconds to get onto the bird,focus, compose and then press the shutter,lots of cropped wings,feet heads etc but I would thoroughly recommend it!!


Nikon D3,300f4 afs,iso 640,1/800 f4.5,wimberley head.hide.

Cheers

Craig

www.craigchurchill.co.uk
Posted by Sam Mannaerts on July 11, 2008 at 7:48 AM
Whoaw!! Superb image with the action very nice captured :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on July 11, 2008 at 8:02 AM
Hi Craig,

Cracking action, absolutely cracking! It looks like a fruitful trip! Look forward to seeing a few more images! Awesome image!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on July 11, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Craig
Really impressive capture, well done.
Cheers, Chris.
Posted by Tom Smit on July 11, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Very good image. Nice sharp and at the right moment I think.
Posted by Elliott Neep on July 11, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Spot on for me. Right amount of sharpness, right amount of wing blur. Love it! :toast:
Posted by Peter Cairns on July 11, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Great shot Craig and ironic that you should put this up as Rothiemurchus Estate in the Cairngorms - who presently offer osprey photography but not to the same standard as where Craig has been - are building a facility similar to that of the Finns. It has always struck me as odd that for species like osprey and black grouse, most of us fly off to Scandinavia.
Can't do anything about bears in Scotland (just yet) but will keep this forum abreast of exciting developments for photographing both the species above. Did I mention this is a great shot?

Pete
Posted by John Robinson on July 11, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Great action shot.
JohnR
Posted by Barry Southon on July 11, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Craig

That is one fantastic action shot.

Barry :wink:

Kansas / Eastbourne
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 11, 2008 at 3:36 PM


Excellent capture Craig , Osprey looks well set against that lovely green BG :cool:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on July 11, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Not much wrong with this image Craig sharp well exposed and the action all captured :smile:



Regards


Ian
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 12, 2008 at 9:29 AM
You've nailde this one Craig! Perferct position in the frame, plenty of spray and a big fish in the talons! :smile: