A Neiger Osprey

[Doug Brown]

We spent the morning on Lake Blue Cypress, which Jim Neiger knows like the back of his hand. I've never seen so many Osprey in one place before! The BGs were phenomenal and the birds were quite active. All in all, a great morning of photography!

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Canon 1D Mark IV, 500mm, f/5.6, 1/2000, ISO 400, manual exposure, hand held

[Greg Basco]

Doug, great stuff. Love the pose and the BG with the hint of habitat -- makes for a much more interesting flight shot.

Cheers,
Greg

PS -- What's up with the "Diesel?"

[Doug Brown]

PS -- What's up with the "Diesel?"

If I told you, I'd have to kill you! :eek:

[Mike Tracy]

Love the light, the topside view and fanned tail. Not sure about the V of the tree and the "infintiy" symbol on top of it.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent Doug, love the pose details and the BG!

[Stu Bowie]

Well Doug, you have absolutely nailed this. Great head turn, and the detail and sharpness in those wings just fantastic. The Osprey pops so well from the BG too. Well captured.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Sounds like a fantastic time was had by all and looks like an incredible place to visit...Fantastic pose and eye contact. The top view of the wings are great...What a image Doug!

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

Very nice shot Doug. Beautiful detail in the wings. Background pops with fresh green. Question: Did you crop the image from full frame? Did you use center sensor for this shot? Thx.

[Dan Brown]

Doug, great stuff. Love the pose and the BG with the hint of habitat -- makes for a much more interesting flight shot.

Cheers,
Greg

PS -- What's up with the "Diesel?"Fab capture Doug!!

Greg, checkout his FB wall for Dieseltails:bg3:

[Kristin Brown]

Doug,
Congrats on a wonderful shot. Love the pose!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Absolutely fantastic, Doug!
Banking pose, fanned tail, exposure, head angle, bg, light - everything spot on.
Fabulous!

[Doug Brown]

Very nice shot Doug. Beautiful detail in the wings. Background pops with fresh green. Question: Did you crop the image from full frame? Did you use center sensor for this shot? Thx.

Thanks Clemens! This is a crop from full frame; the cropped image is 8.6 megapixels in size. I did use the center AF sensor for this photo, as I do for all of my flight images.

[James Shadle]

Doug,
This is such a beautiful bird and background, I'd like more room all around.
Take advantage of that new green cypress tree background.

[Haim Ziv]

Killer shot. I'm very much envy that you have a great place like Lake Blue Cypress.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome! excellent wing position and I like the look back pose and sharpness very well done Doug.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to comment!

[Grace Scalzo]

Love the richness of your colors, Doug.