Osprey ENP

[Alfredo Fernández]

What can i say, the osprey is abundant on the Everglades National Park.
this was the first time i managed to photograph this species.
It is also my best photo of the whole trip IMO

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/185942_10150153012791075_688206074_8555747_2253386 _n.jpg

D300s ISO800 Nikkor 300mm F4 (finally.) @F7.1 1/3200l
Post procesing : croping and cloned a small brach from the low left corner.
Manual Exposure. (I want to thank you guys on this one, because ive learned a lot in this forum and thank to you now i can work on manual mode without a problem. A year ago i was able to use my DSRL in Program mode and that was it.)

[Randy Stout]

Afredo:

Excellent wing position, angle in frame, clouds add a lot.

The whites look a little hot on my work computer, but it tends to be too bright on whites.

I was struck by the number of ospreys at ENP too.

Keep them coming

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Alfredo, congrats on moving up to the other modes! I'm sure you're finding the creative input on your part much more satisfying.

Awesome pose on this individual. Beautiful sky/cloud BG. Randy is correct in observing that the whites are too bright. Looks like there is enough information to revisit the raw file and extract some details/reduce the brightness on those. It will be well worth the effort.

[Alfredo Fernández]

Thank you guys.
here im re-pósting the image.
Added canvas to the left.
saturated the blue sky, and toned down the hot white patches.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5011/5496400242_88cedf7f76_b.jpg


I like this one a lot more.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Much, much better!! Some jpg compression going on in the sky but the image has much more punch to it, and the whites are in check.