Gimme That Fish!

[Jim Neiger]

Osceola County, FL - 1D4, 600mm, hand held from boat, 1/2000, F6.3, ISO 800, manual exposure
The image was made yesterday afternoon.

[Grace Scalzo]

Drama in the skies! Well done as always, Jim. Only thing that I see is a bit of blue in the whites of the one carrying the fish.

[vishaljadhav]

WOW, now thats a amazing piece of action you caught there
Its amazing as i can see the expressions on face of both the birds, its perfect
Love it all the way

[Arthur Morris]

BBC stuff. Which 600? Great job on the sharpness and exposure. How big a crop?

[Gen Benjamin]

Wow thats quite a catch, pun intended. Both birds so sharp, great action and composition as well. I also do see the blue tint on the osprey with the fish.
Gen

[Russell Kinerson]

Wonderful action shot. Great light and composition!

[Jim Neiger]

Thanks, Artie. It was the new 600mm IS II. About 50% crop.

[Bill Dix]

Fabulous poses on both birds. Love the open beaks on both (only wish the upper bird's beak didn't overlap the leg, but that's a tiny nit). Great view of the fish adds to it, and the talons of the upper bird in attack mode. Good stuff.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent action shot!!!!
Terrific comp, really love the poses on both birds, and excellent timing.
Agree on the blue cast.
Well done.

[David Salem]

Wow, very cool capture. The pose of the upper bird is awesome with the screaming open beak, fully extended legs and talons . Both birds look sharp and well exposed and the overall scene is very captivating. Nice work.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent interaction here, both sharp. I would go for a square crop since the BG is high key.

[Dennis Zaebst]

Great moment captured, Jim. Agree on the very slight blue cast, but to my eye I would retain the horizontal (not go to a square) frame, as it adds to the dynamism. Considering the white sky BG, great job on the exposure. Very well done overall. A stunning image.

[Marina Scarr]

Great action you captured here, Jim. Good eye by Grace. Good idea by Arash on the square crop. I think it would give more prominence to your subjects/action in this case.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Amazing drama captured, Jim. The poses, expressions and the fish takes this over the top.