Quivering osprey with fish

[Shawn Marques]

Hello. I am a newbie to this site and this is my first submission. It is going to be very unusual to those who are not too familiar with osprey behavior. I managed to get this one in mid quiver, though it does not appear the bird has gotten wet enough to throw any water drops from it's plumage, which is a shame! Interestingly enough, I think it looks just as good, if not better, flipped upside-down. Please let me know what improvements can be made- Thanks!

1/640s @ f/7.1, ISO 200
EF 600mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x, Canon 40D
Tripod with Wimberley head
Stuart, FL, mid-morning

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome, Shawn! Cool pose and the fish adds to it. I might have gone to ISO 400 for higher shutter speed. You could apply some S/H to get more details in the plumage that is not sunlit.

[Rosl Roessner]

Hi Shawn,
you got the osprey in the right moment!
You've got quite a sharp image, although I think a shutter speed of 1/640 is not very fast for freezing that kind of action!
Some Waterdrops would add to it, of course ;-))

[Shawn Marques]

Thanks, Axel. I'll give it another try- this time more aggressively with the bird selected separately. Best regards

[Shawn Marques]

Hi Rosl. Next time I will be ready! Thanks for stopping by!

[David Hemmings]

Well I must say that this is a first for me, I have seen the quiver b4 but not with a fish. Image looks good, could use a little shadow recovery but all else is great:cool:

[Shawn Marques]

Thanks, David, for your input. I agree about the shadow recovery.

[Ondrej Prosicky]

Very nice bird position. I have similar one.

http://www.naturephoto.cz/img/fotobanka/01-2007-1272.jpg
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM, f/5.6, 1/1250 s, ISO: 125, 0 EV, January 11, 2007 17:04, Little Estero Lagoon, Ft. Myers Beach, Florida