Osprey W/Nesting Material

[bill kominsky]

I have a few of this Osprey in various stages of activity and will post a few I think are decent.
Taken at the Green Cay Wetlands Preserve with a Canon MK-3 and 500-MM f/4 IS lens.
ISO=160 at f/8 and 1/640th + 0.3 EV.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very interesting behavior. With the Mark III you can easily go to ISO 400 without much noise. A little bit more eye contact would have been nice.

[Linda Robbins]

That is a huge chunk of nesting material! Nice composition and perch. I agree with Axel that a higher ISO would have prevented the wingtip motion blur, although some may like the motion isuggested. Some of the whites are a tad over, you might reconvert a little darker.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Love the perch and pose, detail is great as it is exposure, it is true that some whites look a bit hot, but they don't take anything away to this great shot! Congratulaitons!

[Maxis Gamez]

HI Bill,

Excellent timing but you need to tone down the highlights in Photoshop. Simply select the tree and using curves will do the trick. I also wish for a better eye contact and head turn but you have a very nice series!!

See you soon!