Osprey Making The Turn

This was taken this past week at Wako while the osprey was doing some early morning fishing.

Nikon D300
Nikon 300 mm F 2.8
ISO 400
1/1250, F8
manual

All comments are appreciated. Thanks !

Judy:

Excellent underwing detail. I like the touch of transillumination of a few of the feathers. I like the head in profile,
and the composition. Thanks for sharing.

Randy

Perfect diagonal makes it strong, and noted, great detail in the feathers.
Good to see you up an about, my friend :)

I like the pose and underwing details and would sharpen a tad more.

Judy, Nice diagonal composition and lovely details! Well done.

I'm jealous of all you southerners opportunities with Osprey! Looks like F/8 got it done nicely for you.

Glad you're feeling better Judy! There's a color cast on my monitor. Here's a repost with +17 on the yellow/blue slider and -7 on the magenta/green slider. I adjusted the white point slightly. And I also applied a bit more sharpening.

Thanks Doug. When I posted this image it was the first one from Photoshop CS4 and I found the color to be slightly different than in CS3 and some of the plug=ins do not work so it will take me a bit to get it up and running the way I would like. Thanks for taking the time to rework it.

Great comp Judy Lynn! Love the wingspread and pose! :) Good rework from Doug.

Hi Judy -
Nice capture of a fun bird to shoot. Well done for the lighting conditions and it looks as if the sun may have been pretty high in the sky.

Doug had a good point on the color cast and did a good correction too.
As far as sharpening goes on this image because of the highlights at the head and front of wings you has a plenty on the light pixel side. IMO the sharpening Doug added also added some more undesirable artifacts and that is especially apparent at the edges of the dark feathers. That sharpening added may have helped the eye but possibly it should have been added selectively if it was a desire to enhance the eye.

Keep clicking.

Nicely captured Judy Lynn. Good wing position and a purdy birdy. Can't go wrong with an osprey in my book. :-)