Morning Osprey

[Gary Dumer]

This was taken in low Morning sun 8:30 AM Taken with Wind and Sun at my Back.


Taken with a 1D Mk III and a Naked 500/4

ISO 640
SS 1/1250
F 7.1
Exp + 1 2/3

Crop from 2:3 to 2:2 1/2
Levels, Curves and USM after resizing

[Randy Stout]

Gary:

Striking symmetry in this image, with perfect wing position, tail fan and straight on head position. The flared primaries are nice. The composition is fairly tight, but I think it works with this particular image.

My only concern would be the hot whites on the birds right wing. I would try to tone them down so they more closely match the left wing.

Very nice!

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose and details. I agree regarding toning down the highlights.

[Mike Milicia]

Great pose, composition, and detail!

Agree about the highlights.

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent inflight capture with perfect symmetry Gary.

[Art Kornienko]

Love the pose.

[Kim Rollins]

Great pose here.

Again in looking at this image and highlights I wonder about application of S&H in your post processing steps?