Osprey

[Jim Neiger]

Indian River County, FL - 1D2N, 500mm, hand held, 1/1600, F71, ISO 500, manual exposure
Another old photo I never posted before.

[stuart wanuck]

like the eyes

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Love the pose, the stare and the excellent IQ. The sky color with the hint of cloud works very nicely as a bg.

[John Chardine]

Nice one JIm. Beautiful eye contact and wing position. The light is harsh but you made the best of it but at least getting it more or less behind you, and the bird obliged.

[Marina Scarr]

Love the symmetry and eye contact.

[Loi Nguyen]

Jim, love the eyes! Wing position is nice too. Looks like you handled the exposure very well even the underside of the bird. Well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful image, excellent timing and focus, I love the pose.
I think however the image processing has been pushed a little too far, the highlights and the shadows are just clipped. There is absolutely no offence intended with this remark I seem to be noticing this more and more with images submitted by USA photographers...... perhaps it is me being out of kilter??

[Dave Leroy]

Interesting comment by Jonathan. Bird is quite contrasty. Tack sharp and I really like the dynamic and symmetrical pose. Quite possibly photo is ff, but if not my preference would be to lose a slice of nest by adding a bit to sides and top.