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British Osprey Fishing

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Posted by Tom_W on July 20, 2009 at 6:39 PM
British Osprey Fishing
British Osprey Fishing.

Escaped to Scotland 4 days ago and got Ptarmigan, Red Sq and Osprey.

This image was taken from a mobile hide at a Fish Farm and is one of a set of 6 wild osprey pairs that frequent this farm for their youngs/own breakfast.

Weather lousy and light low, Canon (1ds3) focused smack on every time.

500mm/Tpod
400'/F4/800ASA
Normal PS work

Posted by David Kjaer on July 20, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Hi Tom

Nice to see a UK bird in such a well composed image!

David :toast:
Posted by Justin on July 20, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Excellent :toast:

Good to hear the camera is behaving :cool:
Posted by John Robinson on July 20, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Nice one Tom
Bit of space on the left would be good but what the hell. :smile:
johnR
Posted by PhilH on July 21, 2009 at 4:16 AM
Very nice Tom... someone else after the cover shots :biggrin:

Great action...

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Mark Hamblin on July 21, 2009 at 4:43 AM
Perfect timing, good composition and great setting but I feel it lacks the image quality of your osprey post from last year.
Posted by Tom_W on July 21, 2009 at 5:02 AM
John - Agreed.
Mark, the light got better as the day arrived...but the fish got elusive - see above
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 21, 2009 at 5:28 AM


Lovely bit of action Tom, both images are corkers.

Andy...

Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 21, 2009 at 6:39 AM
Both shots are stunning!
Love to have something like this in my files!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Craig Jones on July 21, 2009 at 6:49 AM
Love the second photo with the wing shape captured,lovely composition and detail :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Ben Gardner on July 21, 2009 at 8:04 AM
Nice images. Love the second.

Hopefully 2 weeks up there in August will give me similar opportunities.
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 21, 2009 at 12:07 PM
I was certain I posted a reply to this after Andy S. :confused: :confused:

I much prefer the second image Tom - a lot stronger image all round imo even without a fish :wink:
Posted by Mark Hamblin on July 21, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Agree, second image is terrific and I much prefer it to the first despite the lack of fish.
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 21, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Oh yes, I agree the second is fantastic. Lovely to see in the UK.

Ian :cool:
Posted by jack chapman on July 21, 2009 at 3:57 PM
great pair of images, prefer the first, though 720 pixels hasn't done it justice as the whites appear blown, sure the full size is great though,

intrigued as to what a mobile hide entails, is it just a floating hide?
Posted by Tom_W on July 21, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Here is one fishing 2:1 crop

Jack its an Ameristep Doghouse hide (simply a hide you can move around easily between mornings) i.e. not a fixed structure
Posted by JMACTAVISH on July 21, 2009 at 5:48 PM
second one still tops the three of them Tom.
A much more dynamic shot than the two with fish

Antler and oak????


J
Posted by Mark Davies on July 21, 2009 at 6:36 PM
I'm taking up knitting ! :mad:
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 22, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Hi Tom I can only go very green with envy.. One of my all time favourite birds and to think they are being photographed like this just makes me want to book some time away just now.. Any tips on places to go would be gratefully appreciated by email..

Many thanks for sharing..

Brett :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 22, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Great shots but my favourite is also the second :smile:
Posted by Danny Green on July 22, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Great shots Tom, well you have got to do something that doesn't mean you have to walk far from the car and also through some stingers. :wink: :biggrin:

Danny :toast: :jump: :jump: :rolleyes: