Osprey chick portrait

[gary rouleau]

Louisiana, Cow island.
In a boat hand held.

Canon 1dmarkIII
Canon 300mm f2.8 + 1.4x

Iso200 f/4.0 1/500 +1ev
50% crop.

Comments
Cheers
gary

[Martin Wallis]

I love close ups and this has an intense expression that's hard to beat. great shot

[Mark Dumbleton]

Love the expression. The eye's seem a tad soft, due to the small DOF with the lens/convertor combo. I would try stop down to f/6.3 or even f/8 if you have enough shutter speed to render the eyes more in focus, or just set the focus precisely on the eyes. Looking at the Camera you have used, you could easily bump up the ISO speed to allow for that smaller apeture.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Now that is in your face. :) I like the stare and open beak, and agree, regarding raising ISO to 400 or 800 to be able to stop down to f/8 or 11. As it is, I might selectively sharpen the eyes a bit more. How did you get so close to this guy?

[Keith Bauer]

Pretty cool Gary. Love the in your face look. Nice details

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

This has some great impact Gary! Well done. I agree with Axel's suggestion about higher ISO and more DOF. Hard to think of all the variables in all the excitement of course. :) Good stuff!

[Kris Mortensen]

One of the best shots I've seen...my favorite bird no less. Very jealous!