When I was a kid I would sit in field east of Montreal counting the migrating raptors heading south every fall. They were hundreds of feet overhead. There was always one bird that fascinated me -the Osprey. Well forty plus years later I have had the great fortune to see them much closer. This was the first one I saw -it was in Louisiana on a photo tour.`
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Lens (mm): 400
ISO: 100
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/1600
Exp. Comp.: +0.7
Cheers
gary
07-08-2008, 09:38 PM
Doug Brown
Unconventional but excellent composition Gary. Amazing eye contact too. There's a slight blueish cast to the photo, and the whites are hot in places. The underwing detail is great. Thanks for posting!
07-08-2008, 09:44 PM
Maxis Gamez
I have to agree with Doug on this one but a very nice eye contact!
07-08-2008, 10:24 PM
James Salywoda
Excellent pose captured Gary very unique perspective with the slight angle Nice Shot!!!!
07-08-2008, 11:37 PM
Sabyasachi Patra
I like the composition a lot. The ventral side details are nicely captured.
07-11-2008, 05:18 PM
Arthur Morris
Where I come from this one is pretty darned spectacular; the SQ COMP works perfectly here. Were the eye centered in the ORIG (of to ask that another way, how much of a crop is this)?
07-12-2008, 05:34 PM
gary rouleau
Artie, I cropped only the left side about one-fifth of the original.
Thanks
gary
07-12-2008, 05:44 PM
Arthur Morris
If this is full frame top to bottom then you had to crop 1/3 of the ORIG from the left as this is a SQ as presented. Do the math. :)
Which focusing sensor pattern did you use? Thanks.
07-12-2008, 05:56 PM
gary rouleau
Artie you are right, I cropped twice and only looked at the second cropped one. I believe I used center point focus.
gary
07-15-2008, 03:26 PM
Arthur Morris
Thanks Gary. Amazing that the eyes are so sharp with the acttive sensor nowhere near the bird's head. I guess that the bird is "flatter" (i.e., more on the same plane) than it appears.