Osprey pair in Morrow, OH 4/18/2015

[Warren Spreng]

I had read about this pair of Osprey in Morrow, OH so I went out early last week to see for myself. There was only one adult on the nest and in the hour I was there the other adult never showed up. I went back out this morning and just as I was parking the car the other adult was flying off! I thought I had missed another opportunity. Luckily I stayed for another hour and the male (I think) returned when I caught this shot. I had to add quite a bit to the top so that I could rotate the image to straighten out the platform as it tilts to the left quite a bit! I got quite a few shots of the pair but liked this one best. Canon T3i, Tamron 150- 600mm, 600mm, f/6.3, ISO 800, 1/2500 handheld. Shadows lightened in LR, rotated, cropped, sharpening on the subject and gaussian blur of the BG in PS CC.

[Diane Miller]

Nice job! This looks like a good place to stake out. You should be able to get some dramatic flight shots.

Would love to see more!

[Warren Spreng]

Nice job! This looks like a good place to stake out. You should be able to get some dramatic flight shots.

Would love to see more!

Thanks Diane, I plan on visiting at least once a week, I would think there will be a ton of activity when the eggs hatch!

[Diane Miller]

There is some great potential when they carry in the huge sticks for the nest, too. They do that occasionally even after the chicks hatch.

[Doug Lambert]

Nice shot. Looks like a nice open space to get some nice action shots.

Doug

[Warren Spreng]

Nice shot. Looks like a nice open space to get some nice action shots.

Doug

Thanks Doug, yes there is room for the pair to really stretch their wings so I hope to catch some pretty good action.

[Diane Miller]

Wonderful you can get almost level with the nest -- the ones I know about are a lot taller than I am.

[Warren Spreng]

Wonderful you can get almost level with the nest -- the ones I know about are a lot taller than I am.

This one is on top of a telephone pole but the pole is basically set at the bottom of a quarry so the area I am shooting from is just below the level of the nest. It's a little further away than I would like but the setup is great for observing the pair.