Doing a little gardening

[Randy Stout]

This osprey was really dragging home a variety of bits and pieces for his nest platform.

D300 70-200 VR with 1.4 TC f /5.6 1/2500 EV +.3 Handheld Removed stick from far left (nest sticking out)

This was very early this AM, light very soft and very yellow, so tweaked the color temp a bit. 25% crop

Comments always welcome.

[Tony Whitehead]

Good pose and interesting activity. Lovely warm light shows off the yellow eye well. Might be tempted to cool and darken the blue sky a little.

[joel quenneville]

Excellent capture here, Randy. I love the pose and action going on. Exposure, details, and sharpness are all good. I would suggest playing around with the blues in this image as a cyan sky does not quite look natural. Congratulations!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Sky mentioned. Otherwise a very nicely composed and framed image. :)

[Kobus Tollig]

Ditto sky. Great pose moment and comp here . I like thos well done

[Arthur Morris]

Great pose and framing. Yes, the sky is cyan-funky. The face could use some selective sharpening and the eye some Eye Doctor work. Even the latter alone would make the image look much sharper.

If you find the yellow light a bit objectionable you can go to Selective Color, go to the Whites, and move the Yellow slider to the left a bit.