Osprey Landing

[David Salem]

I was hoping to get this shot on my trip to Florida last spring. I met my friend Jim Neiger on his custom pontoon boat for a few days of shooting on Lake Blue cypress.
I had heard about all the breeding Osprey on the lake but I never thought it would be as good as it was.
It was unreal with literally hundreds of birds seen in a morning of shooting. They were in almost every tree and in some cases nesting within a few feet of each other.
If you want to go on an awesome workshop I highly recommend looking up Jim.

1DX---840mm---f7.1---ss1/2500---ISO640---HH@8:40am from boat---35% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

David

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Fantastic image, great looking bird with nice exposure, sharpness and details. Glad you had a productive trip with Jim in Florida! Would want to go there sometime when I visit USA again.

[Ashley Cohen]

Stunning shot, very sharp, great exposure control on the whites and brilliant use of the light.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Amazing terrific, great action and details. the all important eye is clearly visible and pin sharp. I think some of the brightest whites are a shade overcooked, I bet the TIF file wasn't.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Great capture with the talons outstretched. You've got to love our Florida Osprey. Thank you for sharing.

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I appreciate it.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer landing shot, David. Love seeing those talons so clearly.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dave, perfect timing here, and love the swept back wing position. Your usual sharp details, and overall well exposed. Great work.

[Bill Dix]

Spectacular. Great landing pose. Glad to see that your usual stunning technique works just as well in Florida as it does in CA.

[William Dickson]

Fantastic image David, lovely action and perfect timing. Well done

[Raybel Robles]

Super image. The talons are impressive. Loving the pose aswell.


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[Daniel Cadieux]

Wicked pose with a superb view of the near wing's underside. I love those talons, and the perch is just right.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Stunning shot,Great landing pose,action and perfect timing.well exposed.

[Karl Egressy]

Great landing pose David with excellent IQ. Well done.

[gail bisson]

Just beautiful Dave.
Great exposure on the whites and the color balance is spot on.
A keeper for sure,
Gail

[Dvir Barkay]

very good, great pose and details.

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I appreciate it.

Johnathan, I dont see any whites blown in my JPEG or the TIFF. That's the one thing that I really liked about this frame, the exposure. Thanks for your nice comment.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent moment captured. Excellent image with great IQ.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent Dave, this is De Ja Vu for me, have one frame very similar to this one, even the perch

[David Salem]

That's funny that you mentioned that Arash because when I mentioned that I wanted this shot it was because of seeing your beautiful shot a few years ago.
Thanks for inspiring me.

[Doug Brown]

Love the outstretched talons, great exposure, and excellent sharpness!

[Jim Neiger]

Sweet! Awesome landing shot. It was a great day! BFAM!