Osprey with catfish to go

[David Hemmings]

I was shooting shorebirds one day when I caught this Osprey out of the corner of my eye with a nice fresh catch of the day:)

Canon 1D MK 111 / Canon 500 f4 / 1/2000th @ f7.1 ISO 400
http://avianart.smugmug.com/photos/271212595_MWGyc-O.jpg

[Marina Scarr]

Outstanding shot. Great background. Sharp. Love behavior shots like this. Love the movement in the wings and all of the detail.

[Gus Cobos]

Fantastic capture David, Big Congrats...:D Love the action

[Dieter Schaefer]

Great capture, David. Maybe sharpen the eye a tad and increase saturation of the yellow?

[Fabs Forns]

Great catch if a little steep angle. Excellent underwing detail.

[Jody Melanson]

Nice catch Dave! Can't wait until these guys and all the rest come back! :)

[Sean McMahon]

I have more of a question than a critique. I'm often in the same situation of being in "one shot" AF mode shooting stationery birds, and a great bird in flight approaches, and by the time I get to switch to servo AF, I get great shots of a bird flying ~away from me! ;-)

Can anyone relate? Thoughts?

Let me add that this is a great close up nice contrast shot! Excellent!

Thanks!

[Kirk Benson]

Great exposure control means great color, very well done.