I captured this image yesterday at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. I had captured a couple hundred images of the bird eating a fish, then waited for the bird to take flight. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +2 ISO 1800, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Hi Joe,
As you probably know by now I am not a lover of high key images!
I find the branch behind the osprey very intrusive. I would clone the whole thing out (including that bit of moss on RHS).
It looks like you had to lift the shadows under the wings as they appear quite noisy.
I do like the sharpness of the osprey and the incoming flight position but overall this one doesn't "float my boat"!
Gail
A great head-on , down the barrel look Joe, but I agree with Gail that the branch is a problem, not so much by it's presence as by the way it lines up with the left wing.
I generally like high key images a lot, especially when theres a small splash of color as there is here with the yellow eyes. I like the wing pose and clear look at the talons. The fanned tail is nice too. I also think the branch is a problem given how it cuts past the bird, although I do think if you have a similar frame from the burst with the branch not blocking the bird it could add interest. TFS
Thanks everyone for viewing, commenting and suggesting improvements. Here is an edit and repost without the tree limb. Also noise reduction on the under wings.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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