Osprey Adult And Chick...

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image a couple weeks ago at a nest in the middle of a city. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/2500 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 2300 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

[David Salem]

Man this a "In the nest" shot! Besides the sun being a bit high, this one looks pretty nice. Details look good, especially the chick, and the overall scene has a nice balance between the nest, BG and the nicly visible birds without distractions. Well done Joe

[David Roach]

Great view of both and I love that begging tongue. Can't wait for more from this nest. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

It's either a begging tongue, or the chick does not like what is for dinner! Cool nest with the greenery growing out of it. I do wish the adult's face was more evenly lit, but overall this is rather nice!

[John Mack]

Pretty nice. Like the interaction you have captured here. Too bad the adult didn't give a slight head turn to get some more light on that face. Nice nest frame overall.

[Joseph Przybyla]

It's either a begging tongue, or the chick does not like what is for dinner! Cool nest with the greenery growing out of it. I do wish the adult's face was more evenly lit, but overall this is rather nice!

Hi Dan, thank you for viewing and commenting. Tough nest to photograph unless a overcast day. The only vantage point is from the top floor of a parking garage looking northerly, so not set up for good light. Here is an edit and repost, I worked on evening out the dark and light areas of the feathers of the adult and the exposure of the image as a whole.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.