Osprey With Grass.

[Daniel Cadieux]

When this Osprey left the nest with three young in it I was expecting it to return with a stick as it keeps building and reinforcing the sides of said nest. I was pleasantly surprised to see it come back clutching a big chunk of grasses to line the nest with...it made for a different picture than usual.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1000s., f/4, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop top and left for comp (still about 80% FF).

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Must be there version of carpet for the nest!

Very nice, soft light. Like the birds tilt in the frame, the grass , enough material below to establish the nesting situation.

I might be tempted to shorten( to match the similar stick on ridge side of nest) or eliminate the stick exiting the frame edge on the left.

Was the nest on a power pole or some other typical man made structure?

Cheers

Randy

[Ian Wilson]

A sweet capture, I like the composition, and yes, a bit different with the grass. All looks good to me. Regards, Ian.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks guys. Randy, good suggestion on the stick. Yes, it was (is) on a power pole...luckily one shorter than usual so the angle is not too bad. Now that I look closer I forgot to remove a metal part of it in the extreme lower right corner!

[arash_hazeghi]

love the landing pose with the nesting material. I'd be tempted to clone out the smaller thin branches sticking out of the nest at 45 degree. TFS

[keith mitchell]

This all looks just fine to me Daniel, certainly filled it talons to do the job, I'm fine with the untidy sticks.

Keith.

[gail bisson]

Really nice to see an osprey with grasses instead of a plain stick.
I agree with advice above re: cloning sticks but not a big deal.
I might suggest a little tweak in levels or perhaps adding a bit of black to the neutrals in selective color.
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice image, Daniel. All has been said, thank you for sharing.

[dennis greenwood]

A very nice well balanced image Daniel

[Karl Egressy]

Great behavior shot, Daniel.

[William Dickson]

Ver nice landing pose. Love the stare looking at the nest, ready to place the grass.

Will