This fledgling Osprey was photographed from my SUV as it sat atop a yellow boat cover. Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens with the EOS-50D. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/1250 sec. at f/8. Lens supported by the BLUBB (BAA Big Lens Ultimate BeanBag).
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I like the intense stare...sharpness..not often do I see these birds so low...personally I might try to clone out shadow of beak, and adjust the eye color, nice as presented
I love the simple composition and the fantastic stare of that gloden eyes. I think that some additional processing job on th left eye to add more light would produce and even better result. I like it a lot.
BTW, it was really funny to see you in the cover of National Geographic :D
Thanks all especially Axel. I reduced the contrast, lightened the shaded side of the face, and ran NR on the BKGR. I like it much better now.
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