Wet and Embarrassed

[Sharon Hallowell]

This newly fledged osprey failed at his first attempt of capturing a fish. He was so wet he couldn't get his heavy feathers out of the water enough to fly, so he made (osprey-paddled) his way to the beach where he stayed for a couple of hours drying out. His sibling could see him from the nest and at times it sounded as
though he was laughing at him. Xti, 100-400 w/1/4 @ 140mm, F13, 1/500, Iso 200. Thanks for looking. Sharon

[Sid Garige]

Nice work in hard light conditions. Fill flash can help in conditions like this.

[Robert O'Toole]

Agree with Sid, nice image is some challenging conditions and contrast. Good job. Love the wet look and the wings down pose.

I situations like this I try to do a few down flat on the ground for a really smooth OOF BG.

Robert

[Axel Hildebrandt]

He really doesn't look too happy. :) Thanks for sharing the story and I agree regarding fill flash because of the harsh lighting.