I had to crop this photo over 50%, but I thought that the capture with the fish intestine in the osprey's mouth made it worth it. Critiques are welcome.
Canon 7D, shot from my car with a bean bag for stabilization
300 mm f/4 lens with 1.4 extender
f/8.0, 1/400s, ISO 200
PP in CS6: lightened eye, cloned hot spots on beak, slight curves, noise reduction, sharpened.
Greetings. Interesting moment. Detail lost in the whites as presented. Some might be available if this was taken in RAW... might try curves (or highlight slider in LR if you have that). I wonder what a less wide aspect ratio would look like, seems like too much space on the left.
Hi Wendy- Love the feeding action. It is so important IMO to include some dynamism like this. Agree with Michael on the exposure and clipped highlights- easy to do with an Osprey. There seems to be a slight "waxy" look to the feathers which can come from NR. Did you run NR on the bird as well as the BG? The eye stands out for me as being a little too bright and saturated.
Thank you for your helpful feedback. I went back to my RAW image, tried to restore the highlights (it was difficult in the head area but I think it worked in the upper breast); I redid noise reduction selectively, on background only; and I toned down the eye. Let me know if this is an improvement.
I think it looks a lot better Wendy. The eye detail is a little soft but it is hard to do much with this- perhaps a little more sharpening now that the eye is toned down?
Osprey eating fish
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