am i beautiful?

[stuart wanuck]

nikon d30o iso 400
m 1/1250@4.5
200-400 mm lens

[Jim Fenton]

Great exposure and pose, but I would have liked it a whole lot better if there were more DOF.

The wing tips don't look like motion blur, but more like they were out of the plane of focus.

Was the f 4.5 intentional?

I likely would have shot this at 640 or 800 with the D300 just to get more DOF and SS.

[arash_hazeghi]

great pose, details and wing position, excellent exposure. A bit tight on the top.

[Andrew Merwin]

Great image. I think the sharpness is remarkable. The wing primaries being OOF is very immaterial because the rest of the bird & the focal point is so well focused. I agree that it is a bit tight at the top, but still a great capture.

[stuart wanuck]

shot at 4.5 to capture speed with good whites

[Joe Senzatimore]

On of the best Osprey shots seen in a while. Amazing detail.

[Jim Fenton]

I agree that 4.5 will get you good speed, especially at ISO 400.

Don't see that it has anything to do with the whites...perhaps a bit cleaner sky as a background.

Overall, to me anyway, with a wing spread that spectacular, I'd prefer to see as much of everything possible within the plane of focus...but I guess that's why we all "see" and work differently :)

Thanks for the follow up to my question.

[Markus Jais]

A fantastic flight shot of this Osprey. Great exposure and details in the white feathers. I might add a bit of canvas at the top.

Markus

[Kiran Poonacha]

the pose and focus on the head with the wing blurr make this work so well...

[Harshad Barve]

This is one terrific image
TFS

[Rick Moran]

Great lighting and detail. I might add a little canvas to the top to give the bird a little more room.