Osprey

[Lorant Voros]

Here is an adult flying home with the fish to feed the hungry youngsters. Comments are welcome.

1DMKIII
500mm
ISO400
F:8
1/2000
Tripod

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9135/ospreybpn.jpg

[Stu Bowie]

I like the flight angle, and good to see the full wingspread. His catch a bonus. I can see some halo's on the wing tips, possibly due to sharpening.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cool...is that a puffer fish in its talons? Good wing spread, and I like the curled primaries. I could see this with about half the bottom empty space cropped out.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the incoming pose and eye contact. The eye of the fish almost looks like an osprey's eye. :)

[Lorant Voros]

Very cool...is that a puffer fish in its talons? Good wing spread, and I like the curled primaries. I could see this with about half the bottom empty space cropped out.

Thanks for the suggestion, Daniel.
Yes, it is a puffer fish. Locals told me the Osprey wouldn't eat it.....maybe I should show them the picture :-).

[arash_hazeghi]

love the immense wingspan and the fish I think this might work better in a pano crop.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

A bit odd having a porcupinefish. They are highly poisonous, well at least for us humans. Many people in Japan die each year eating them (delicacy) when incompetent chefs prepare their puffer meals (they cut the poison glands out, or fail to)! Actually, not sure if it's this particular porcupine or some other Tetraodontid.

love the wingspread and exposure looks good. :)