The golden fish

[Jim Poor]

Wish I could get closer to these birds when they are fishing. This is probably 50 % of frame. Wish he would have looked my way a bit too.


Camera Model: NIKON D2X Focal Length: 600.0mm (35mm equivalent: 900mm) Exposure Time: 0.0008 s (1/1250) Aperture: f/4.0 ISO equiv: 100 White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)


(Jim; please keep the EXIF stuff to the basics; thanks/artie)

[Dion Lifton]

nice and sharp , well done on the opportunity.

[Mike Tracy]

Sometimes you have to take what you can get. I like the position of the bird in the frame.

[Steve Ashton]

Well as Mike said sometimes you have to take what you can get. Life can be hard some times !!! Great image no picks from me. In the UK about 1 mile is close to these guys... Nice work

[Jim Poor]

I've seen some simply incredible shots of Osprey from the UK from Miguel Lasa so it must be possible here too :d

[Jim Fenton]

I know how hard these guys are to get close to (unless you're in a blind at Miguel's favorite trout hatchery), but this one presents as too far away for my tastes.

Also...there is a bit of a non natural color cast and I can't quite put my finger on it except that there's a blueish cast to the top side of the left wing.

Was it foggy at all by chance?

[Jim Poor]

Nope, not foggy just overcast and blah. I wish I could hope in the blind at that trout hatchery one day.

Your comment on the color got me to wondering and I measured :D Looks like the Blue channel is indeed running 20 or more points higher than the others, but only on that wing tip, not in the whites. . . . I guess I'll have to do some selective cast removal if I ever do anything with this, but I probably won't do much but try to replace it with a better one.

[Arthur Morris]

FJ,

To this experienced eye, lots of problems. Orange is over-exposed and detail-less. Try deSATing the reds and the yellows... And too much Sh/H on the upper wings. All in all a strange over/under combo...

Love the wing position but would crop a bit from the bottom. Rarely do we want more room below the bird than above.

later and love, artie/the party crasher