Howering Osprey.

[Karl Egressy]

Captured a little time back. I should check on them soon.
(eye contact with the fish)
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5DM3
Canon 500 f 4.0 II.
ISO 500
f/5.6
1/1600 s
HH

[William Dickson]

Perfectly natural looking image Well done

[gail bisson]

Great capture with this classic angel wing pose and the fanned tail.
The exposure is perfect. Excellent IQ.
I really like the shadow of the feet on the tail.
I appreciate that his head is turned away from us because he is busy fishing, but man, having him look in your direction would have been awesome. Tell the fish to move in your direction!

[Dvir Barkay]

Awesome image, with great details and colors are great and natural. I always struggle exposing these guys, what was the +/- here compared to what the meter told you? If you shoot manual, how much did you overexpose (I am assuming overexposure because of the sky which would lead to an underexposed image, unless the metering of the 5D3 is better than mine by quite a bit).

[stuart wanuck]

well done and good exposure on osprey

[Sidharth Kodikal]

What an excellent pose! Lovely exposure and details as well. A slightly better head angle would've been nice, but it works for me as is too. Nicely done Karl.

[Karl Egressy]

Awesome image, with great details and colors are great and natural. I always struggle exposing these guys, what was the +/- here compared to what the meter told you? If you shoot manual, how much did you overexpose (I am assuming overexposure because of the sky which would lead to an underexposed image, unless the metering of the 5D3 is better than mine by quite a bit).

Thank you.
I shoot manual. I don't remember but I assume that I overexposed the sky by 2/3-1 2/3.
I also use the green foliage (if available) to set the exposure as the green foliage has similar reflectance to that of a 18% gray card's reflectance.
Both works for me almost always.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Karl, this is a terrific image, it displays the sheer power & might of the raptor! The wing position is superb, the focused look, the talons all add to this effect.

[Diane Miller]

Gorgeous! Wonderful low angle of the light, illuminating the wings.

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image of Osprey with target locked stare.
Excellent wing spread with superb under wing pattern and fanned tail, beautiful lights and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[keith mitchell]

Karl long time since II saw one as well exposed as this,you finished with a great looking image.

Keith.

[christopher galeski]

nice image Karl,nice hovering pose with good detail.well done.

[Lorant Voros]

Due to the pose it is a powerful image. Technically perfect in my opinion. A pleasure to see it. Good work, Karl.

[Ivan Ellison]

Well exposed shot. I too use green foliage- think a lot do. Head angle turn would make this superb but you cant control wild birds. Look forward to more if you make your return visit.

[David Salem]

Gotta love that one Karl. The wing spread and the perfect exposure make for a killer frame even though it is looking down hunting. Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, you have absolutely nailed this - great wing spread, well exposed, and the feather detail shows up so well.

[Carl Walker]

Super shot Karl. Great typical behavioural shot well captured. Good IQ and comp. Good job