Another Osprey attempt

[Kristofer Rowe]

Well I had better light this time and shot at F7.1 (1/3 stop down). I didn't do much PP and didn't crop as much. I wish I had a little more room on the right of the frame, but I feel like I captured the Osprey in flight better than my last one. ...

Nikon D300
tamron 200-500
F7.1
1/1250th
Iso 560

[Jeannean Ryman]

Nice catchlight in the eye Kristofer! If you wanted to add more canvas to the right, that would be an easy fix: http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...nvas-made-easy. Overall, nice position of the bird and engagement with the eye. I'll leave others to speak to the technical details. In post, I would run some noise reduction, do selective sharpening to avoid the halo around the fore wing starting at the closest curve in the wing, and possible a shadow adjustment on the whole photo (to help brighten up the sky as well). Birds in flight are not as easy as some make it look, so just keep practicing. I still don't have one I'm really satisfied with.

[John Chardine]

Hi Kristofer- I like the feeling of action here and the comp. is fine. Good lead from Jeannean on how to add canvas. It would be a snap with this image. The light is a problem though- harsh, very directional with lots of shadows. A round of Shadows and Highlights or a run through an HDR program may help some to light and darken where needed.

[Bob Miller]

Kris....nice improvement here! This image looks pretty good to me. The only thing that is really bothering is that bubble like thing ???? on the back wing. I would crop that off .The image looks much sharper than your first image. I would also add some canvas ( easy) to make a big difference right away and then crop some from the top. Also remember that D-300 performs well at ISO 800- 1000 if you follow with bit of noise reduction software like Define 2.0 from Nik software . Keep shooting! I look forward to seeing more of your work

[Kristofer Rowe]

Thanks for all your helpful thoughts! I have no idea how to do selective anything. My post before this one someone mentioned not to crop so much and that has made a big difference. The previous image I had cropped too small then expected to be able to fix some things in post. I have doing less post actually and things are looking up. I'm a chef so I work too much and can only shoot on my occasional day off so I don't always have the luxury of shooting during great light. I'll post another Osprey shot that I very much like except for a few things...