Meat Hooks For Talons...

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image of a Osprey at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm F/5.6 VR AF-S ED PF + Nikon 1.4 III Teleconverter, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/3200 F/8 Highlight Weighted Metering EV 0 ISO 640 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Dorian Anderson]

I love the view of those feet and talons! Exposure is perfect, and the slightly-craned neck shows some nice engagement. Hooked beak great as well. Excellent, Joe!

[John Mack]

Nice pose and the view of the feet gripping that perch are great. I do wish to see more of the perch though.

[Colin Driscoll]

Terrific pose showing off that weaponry. Well presented.

[arash_hazeghi]

for me the best part of the shot are talons, nice handsome osprey, I only wish you had a better HA

TFS

[William Dickson]

Well captured Joe...exposure looks good....I really like the 'shiny' look on the feathers.....Great Talons...and Eye..

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

I think flipping the camera to vertical would have been excellent here, but I still like the image with the view of the funky talons.