Osprey

[Robert Kimbrell]

This Osprey was perched on a branch on the open beach . He was tolerating the locals getting amazingly close. So I set up and waited for the take off.
added a little canvas to bottom.
1/3200 f/8 ISO 640 840mm

[Lorant Voros]

Classical take off pose. I could see this one with more room around and I'd try to extract more details from the plumage. TFS.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Robert, well timed to have captured the raised wings pre-take off. Great angle to show up the talons and the shape of the beak. I find the whites well exposed, and maybe a touch of selective sharpening on the head.

[Randy Stout]

Robert;

Agree, excellent timing, nice pose, like the slight angle towards us. I do agree, that if you could extract a bit more detail from the whites, that would be nice. Just a hint of detail extractor would be excellent if you have the Nik plugins.

Cheers


Randy

[Mike Poole]

The timing is just about perfect with that wings up take off pose. I think a little extra sharpening would do this shot the world of good

Mike

[gail bisson]

No one has mentioned the beautiful multicolored BG.
Great pose and agree on more sharpening of the head.
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

Great take off pose. This image def needs more sharpening b/c I am not seeing much feather details here. Otherwise, it may be a bit soft.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree the image needs a bit more sharpening as posted, but I love the pose and "ocean feel" background. Nice view of the talons too.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Thanks for the feed back everyone, Not much of a crop here, I will try a to sharpen it more.

[Gerald Gardebled]

nice background and pose from the osprey!