Osprey in Flight

[Sid Garige]

Canon 7D 500mm F4
ISO 1000 F5.6 1/1200
Lake Blue cypress.

[Doug Brown]

Nice composition Sid, and I like the green BG. Good underwing detail. I might tone down the whites on top of the head.

[Randy Stout]

Sid:
Looks like he had the typical head snack on the fly. Interesting to see the line dangling behind.
Nice underwing detail, agree with Doug about the whites on neck.

I could see a bit more room to the left, but presents well as is.

Cheers

Randy

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Sid,

One of the rare osprey images that I really enjoyed. I don't know what it is about this species that always seems so non-photogenic.....maybe it's just me......but you have a real dandy here and I got a kick out of it. Sharp as always and beautiful eye contact. Thanks.

DB

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sid, Superb comp, detail and pose. I am really enjoying this image. Bg is gorgeous too.
At iso 1000, is the 7D this clean or was NR applied on the BG?
Fantastic work as alway. Thanks for sharing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat pose, and I like the translucent feathers on the far wing. I'd likely either eliminate or tone down some of the lighter white areas in the BG (otherwise the BG rocks, great colours!!). I'm seeing a slight bluish cast to the plumage...I checked in PS and sure enough sliding the blue channel all the way down in Saturation got rid of it...

[Sid Garige]

I'm seeing a slight bluish cast to the plumage...I checked in PS and sure enough sliding the blue channel all the way down in Saturation got rid of it...

Daniel,

YOu are right on that. Thanks

Sid

[Sid Garige]

Sid, Superb comp, detail and pose. I am really enjoying this image. Bg is gorgeous too.
At iso 1000, is the 7D this clean or was NR applied on the BG?
Fantastic work as alway. Thanks for sharing.

Sidharth,

Yes, Noise reduction on background.

[Stu Bowie]

Sid, I like the flying posture with the full show of the wings, together with his headless catch. Nice and sharp, and I like the detail in this.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Sharpness and posture spot on Sid! Agree on slight toning down of whites on the head?

[James Salywoda]

Fantastic image Sid great pose, sharpness and colors. Beautifully Captured!

[Pieter de Waal]

Great Osprey image Sid with good eye contact, sharpness and wing position.