Osprey with a late afternoon snack

[Mike Brosius]

Canon 70D
Tamron 150-600 G2@ 250mm
ISO 800
F5.6
1/4000
AI Servo
Focus Point was base of right wing (higher f stop would have been better)
Hand held

Cropped to 1/3 original image size
Minor Adjustments in LR, removed 1 water drop from left eye area.
Location Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive - Apopka, FL

[Daniel Cadieux]

You did well to get an image that is rather intense with action, and going to in-camera settings to take advantage of that. Quite a large prey item! Unfortunately, as posted, the image is rather soft and the light very strong and off angle creating harsh contrast ans shadows. Still, it must have been a thrilling encounter, and these keep us coming back to try to improve on what we already have!

[Juan Tolentino]

Agree with Daniel's comments. Great action, but the large crop and harsh light really hurt the image. Please keep them coming. Thank you for sharing.

[Mike Brosius]

I reduced the overall image exposure.

[Dorian Anderson]

Agree with all that has been said. You might also want to rotate the image a few degrees CW to level the splash a bit. That would
also help align the green at the top of the frame.

[arash_hazeghi]

Welcome to BPN Mike and great dynamic frame, unfortunately it is out of focus and very soft, not much you can do about it

TFS

[Mike Brosius]

Thank you for all the input. I will have to more mindful of my focus point, f stop etc.
I realize my errors and will learn from my failures. I find myself trying to use the lowest f stop in a effort to maximize background bokeh; however, if I miss focus it doesn't matter. You can put mag wheels on a junk car; but in the end it's still a junk car.