Osprey

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod, Canon 7D canon 500 mm f4 L IS ISO 800 +0.67 1/8000 sec f4
Image captured at Tanji beach, The Gambia. All comments welcome.


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[Henry Domke]

Well done image!
It interests me to see that the bird seems to have yellow feet. Is that right?
Since you took the picture in Africa it must have been the subspecies P. h. haliaetus.
The subspecies of Osprey in the United States (P. h. carolinensis) have blue feet.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice BIF image, Jonathan. I wish for a little better head turn and better position of the right wing. Left wing looks very nice. The light is nice and even, no harshness.

[Nick Palmieri]

Nice capture. I think he could use a little more light under the wing and in the eye. Very nice in flight capture!

[Satish Ranadive]

Jonathan:
Excellent flight pose.I like the wing position and shadows caused by nice angle of lights. Agree with Karl about head turn,still nice eye contact.
Very nice composition too.Love it.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the comments everyone, much appreciated, Henry regarding the feet, sorry I have no idea.