Checkin Nest Out

[Paul Lagasi]

Second photo of Ospreys from yesterday....Great day, greal light, added canvas and wingtip...leave or remove nest?

D300
300 2.8
f4.5
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is0-500
ev +1
handheld

[Ramon M. Casares]

Given the pose, I would leave the nest.
Amazing pose, very nice light and great exposure control, good level of detail, nice comp and colors! Congratulations!

[Doug Brown]

The nest anchors the bird IMO. Wish you had some separation between the beak and the dark plumage. I would apply some additional sharpening to the bird and also brighten it a little. I would also play around with the sky color. Here's a repost.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the posture in this, showing the extended wings. I would leave the nest, as Doug says, it balances the comp. Doug's done a good job on the sharpening.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hello Paul!

I would not move the nest. As mentioned by Doug, it anchors the bird. Whatever he did to your image improved it even more.

Love those talons.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Absolutely leave the nest there as it is an integral part of the image. Just enough of it visible without taking away from the image. I would only have preferred a better light angle, but I have to admit the "see-through" effect it created on the feathers is pretty cool. I like the sky colour of Doug's repost.

[Maxis Gamez]

Leave the nest. Doug did a good job with the re-post but looks a little over sharpened.

[Arthur Morris]

An amazing post in that I agree with both Ramon (lose the nest) and with the poster above-the repost is over-sharpened. Love the posture. I would take some yellow out of the whites in Selective Color.