Osprey in flight

[Peter Farrell]

Caught this one on his way back to the nest with lunch. I wish I had gotten a little more eye contact.
Sony A700, 70-400G @400mm, f6.3, 1/1250, iso1250, ev+2.7, HH. PP in PSE8, levels, sharpen, crop. I blew out the sky on this one so I did a fill selection with color to bring back a little hint of blue. Does the sky color look okay?

[Alfred Forns]

Excellent catch both of you !!!

Like the pose and excellent detail ... great compensation !!! ... btw don't mind the high key bg at all, would go with it !!! Big Congrats on this one !!!

[Harold Davis]

nice job with the exposure on the bird!! looks fantastic! i might add just a little contrast to it. the sky could be darkened a little, but i think it's purely taste and could go either way. it does look natural as is.

[Tom Graham]

Sky looks a little on the cyan side on my monitor.
Also believe this posted image not sRGB.
Tom
ps - see "white-tailed kite" below for nice -blue- sky

[Lance Peters]

Hi Peter - like this a lot - all i would do is add some contrast to give it a little more POP.
I might even add a little additional sharpening - feel there are some more details to be coaxed out of it.
Good show :)

[Peter Farrell]

Thank you Alfred, Harold, Tom and lance for your comments. For the re-post I boosted contrast in color curves. I did the entire image to bring the sky color down a little as well.

[Tom Graham]

Original sky shade was ok for me. It is the cyan cast to it that I questioned.
Tom

[Lance Peters]

Hi Peter - would have increased the contrast on the bird only and left the sky alone.
Try just setting a black and white point and work from there.
:)