Osprey

[Carl Day]

Hi All,

Here's one from yesterday evening. In the midlands we only get these on migration, luckily enough for me this ones hung around for while. I managed a few
shot's just as the sun was going down.

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p373/Grimfangdango/Osprey-Large-0185.jpg

Canon 7D + Canon 500mm F4 IS + 1.4 - 1/1250s ISO 400 F5.6

Hope you like it.


Best Regards
Carl.

www.carldayphotography.co.uk

[Randy Stout]

Carl;

Nice ventral surface wing display,with good detail showing.

I think the bird could go just a touch brighter. Good comp.

Wish the bill didn't merge with the wing edge.

Glad you got a shot at him. Because they can be fairly common in the States, we sometimes overlook what a magnificent bird they are.

Cheers

Randy

PS: Here is a quick version with slight tweak. Slight increase in brightness, opened the shadows to give better separation of bill from wing and to show a bit more detail in the darker areas.

[Satish Ranadive]

Carl,
Magnificent flight pose captured.Love the wing position with nice details.I like the composition and repost by Randy.

Regards,
Satish.