Osprey Showing Off

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This is one from Blue Cypress Lake. Sometimes these guys fly around with their catch as if they want to brag. :)
The image is almost full frame, I just cropped a bit for composition.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/125485109/original.jpg

1D4, 500f4, 1/2000s, f/6.3, ISO 400, manual exposure

[Harshad Barve]

terrific image , lovely wing pose and catch is added bonus
TFS

[Harold Davis]

good looking eyes, an entire fish, and great detail in the bird. the tree tops make it even better for me!! nice job, axel!!

[Ian Cassell]

Beautiful! Composition is right-on. Eyes on the viewer and the fish make it excellent!

[Lorant Voros]

Nice eye contact, wing spread, underwing detail, fish.. and it is almost full frame. Well done.
Lorant

[Alfred Forns]

Just perfect Axel !!!

Love the feather detail/texture, pose and having a fish with head attached ! Including the little bit of green sure adds to the image Sweet !!

[Joe Senzatimore]

Nice job on the comp. and a super image all around. Detail is over the top.

[Troy Lim]

Arash, not much to add, love the shot!

[Jan Wegener]

one of the best Osprey images I have ever seen Axel. Just awesome

[Michael Stern]

Excellent Image....the eyes, the fish, the exposure etc... excellent...
I would try it with the green removed from the bottom....somewhat distracts...
Best,
Mike

[Colin Knight]

Excellent as expected. Thanks for sharing!

[Duane Noblick]

This one has everything going for it. Head angle, detail, background...I could go on. Excellent capture.

[arash_hazeghi]

very good Axel, I like everything including the green patches showing the landscape of the lake

[Manjeet & Yograj Jadeja]

Excellent detail and composition
simply awesome.

[Steve Kaluski]

A real corker Axel. Echo Als comments.:)

[Stu Bowie]

Good eye contact, and I like wingspread and sharpness. Good sized meal to feed the family. Well captured.

[Jay Tan]

Great clear sharpness in the eyes. Open wingspread with the fish in talons make this a pleasing image. Only thing that may make it better is more greens in the background.. :)

[Fabs Forns]

Excellent poise and eye contact. Whole fish a big plus and love the hint of green.
You got to come back next year :)

[Leandro Herrainz]

excelent moment, and even better image! the whites are really good, and the bg too

[Vladimir Ivanov]

Good moment and details on the bird. Without tree tops it will looks even better, too mush distraction for my taste.