Fishing in the Rain

The light was bad, the hide was soaked, the camera had my hat ; everything was sheltering, but not the Osprey.

This is the 'XE' bird on his way back from the early morning (6am) breakfast hunt. No choice but to blurr as nothing else would work.

500mm/Tpod/Raincover
320'/800ASA/F4
Normal PS

T

The atmosphere is great, the action captured, the rain is visible - sounds like a grand day out! Your perseverence has paid dividends. We see too many sunlit images, and you'd be forgiven for imagining that wildlife sits tucked up out of the cold and wet when the reality is thats a human weakness, and for wildlife bad weather is just business as usual. I like this image a lot!

Hi Tom


Agree with John,like this a lot,your best of the series,like the lighting on the trout,the blurred wingtips,the falling rain,the sharp head,all of these elements come together to make this a great shot!!!
Just noticed something bottom left hand corner drawing the eye a touch maybe worth cloning out.
Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk

Brilliant shot, love how your eye is drawn straight to the Osprey, which is nice and sharp with just enough blur on the wings.

Miserable day, beautiful photograph. I agree with Craig that this is probably the best of the series so far.

David

Nice to see a different result with this species. The rain obviously adds a different dimension and the space containing the oof habitat gives context without being too intrusive. V nice.

Cheers,
Chris

The detail I like most about this shot is the minor juxtaposition of water - the still drops of water shed by the rising osprey and the downward speed of the rain; it was pelting.

I have cropped in above for a clearer view.

T

A very nice action capture, good comp & nice background. The rain & water droplets falling from the bird (& fish) complete the image for me.

Lee

goog shot in poor weather

A really atmospheric image, showing that no matter what the conditions an excellent result can be obtained. Really, really good.

Roll on the day they can stick tiny RFID or Sat tags on birds and do away with the intrusive bracelets .

Shooting in the rain can be very rewarding .

I have always maintained that rain can produce the most wonderful images, and you have proved it here. Very nice images indeed, your patience has paid dividends.

Fran

great colours, the rain is just that little bit extra

Interesting image, proff of the old rule that the best photos are made in awfull weather...

The rain is giving it an almost 'painting like' quality and I think the original post works best!

David