Lumberjack Osprey

[gary rouleau]

When I was a kid I would sit in field east of Montreal counting the migrating raptors heading south every fall. They were hundreds of feet overhead. There was always one bird that fascinated me -the Osprey. Well forty plus years later I have had the great fortune to see them much closer. This was the first one I saw -it was in Louisiana on a photo tour.`

Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Lens (mm): 400
ISO: 100
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/1600
Exp. Comp.: +0.7

Cheers
gary

[Doug Brown]

Unconventional but excellent composition Gary. Amazing eye contact too. There's a slight blueish cast to the photo, and the whites are hot in places. The underwing detail is great. Thanks for posting!

[Maxis Gamez]

I have to agree with Doug on this one but a very nice eye contact!

[James Salywoda]

Excellent pose captured Gary very unique perspective with the slight angle Nice Shot!!!!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I like the composition a lot. The ventral side details are nicely captured.

[Arthur Morris]

Where I come from this one is pretty darned spectacular; the SQ COMP works perfectly here. Were the eye centered in the ORIG (of to ask that another way, how much of a crop is this)?

[gary rouleau]

Artie, I cropped only the left side about one-fifth of the original.
Thanks
gary

[Arthur Morris]

If this is full frame top to bottom then you had to crop 1/3 of the ORIG from the left as this is a SQ as presented. Do the math. :)

Which focusing sensor pattern did you use? Thanks.

[gary rouleau]

Artie you are right, I cropped twice and only looked at the second cropped one. I believe I used center point focus.

gary

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Gary. Amazing that the eyes are so sharp with the acttive sensor nowhere near the bird's head. I guess that the bird is "flatter" (i.e., more on the same plane) than it appears.