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    Osprey landing/sunset silhouette

    With the help of friend Anita North, I erected this perch in the marsh down by the lake near my home more than a year ago. It has paid very big dividends.

    This image was created on the late afternoono of Saturday, May 26 2019 down by the lake near my home. Working while seated in the front seat of my SUV, I used the Induro GIT 304L/FlexShooter Pro-mounted Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4E FL ED VR lens, the Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E III, and the mega mega-pixel Nikon D850 DSLR. ISO 800. Matrix metering at about +1 stop: 1/2000 sec. at f/5.6 in Manual mode left the image overall dark despite the fact that the RTED channel was toasted. AUTO1 WB at 8:06pm on a somewhat hazy evening (nine minutes before sunset). A somewhat muted sun was just out of frame right.

    Nikon Focus Peaking fine-tune value: a very significant +9. See the Nikon AF Fine-tune e-Guide here.

    Center Group (grp) Continuous (C in Nikon/AI Servo with Canon) AF was active at the moment of exposure. The array was centered on the bird’s rear flank as originally framed.

    To learn the story of the creation of this image, to see the original version, and to learn to create your own luck, see the More Smart or More Lucky? blog post here.

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    The master at work. Love the image, I would say a perfect silhouette. Thank you for sharing, Artie.
    Joe Przybyla

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    Brilliant....What a pose...What a silhouette...What an image. Love it.

    Will

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    Excellent silhouette.. the kind I like, black..... with just a hint of light showing through...
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    Very nice silhouette. Great color in the sky with an interesting pose on the bird. Bet your glad you put that perch up.

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