Osprey

[arash_hazeghi]

An osprey photo for a change :)

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1D4 500mm f/4 1/2500sec ISO 800.

[Jack Breakfast]

Two things: 1) This photo is exquisitely lovely and beyond reproach. 2) You are incredibly fortunate to have access to birds of this sort! I am going crazy living in Toronto, without a car...

[Tom Rambaut]

Very nice Arash - I want to see an image with an Osprey and a Snowy Owl in the same frame.

I love the calling, the perch and the light is nice and warm. I even like the bit of grass that is falling down from the perch.

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!!! Superb image. Love the warm light, excellent perch and pose, great detail, and exposed perfectly.
Very well done.

[Vikram Agrawal]

beautiful light and feather detail. those talons look really wild!

[Randy Stout]

Arash:

Excellent capture, shooting angle, light, calling pose, angle in frame. The misplaced primary gives him a bit of extra character, has taken a beating and still going!

I could go either way on the dangling grass, but it is a small enough detail that it doesn't distract form the subject, and adds an extra little visual treat as you scan around,

Cheers

Randy

[Melissa Groo]

Stunning as ever IQ, Arash, wonderful calling behavior image, with perfect HA and gorgeous light. I like your comp too. Well captured.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Great light, calling pose, and exposure, Arash. I like the dangling grass a lot too.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Arash, perfect comp, and I like how the perch curves back towards the Osprey. Well timed to get the open beak with the calling behaviour, and overall well exposed and tack sharp. We all like a foliage BG over a sky BG, but Im actually fine with the sky in this.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Arash! I like the lighting, pose, IQ and composition.

[stuart wanuck]

like it a lot!

[Karl Egressy]

The light and the calling pose makes this picture, Arash. It must have been taken very early or late afternoon. Exposure and feather details are perfect.

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone for nice comments, it was early AM.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful image. Great pose, bg and details.