Banking Osprey

[Alfred Forns]

Ospreys keep flowing :) A little different from one posted earlier but same bird/location

Comments welcome and much appreciated

Canon 1DMk4
100-400 IS
f 5.6 1/2000 sec
manual exp
ISO 640

[Jay Sheinfield]

Hi Alfred,

I don't often comment........but this is great image. Overall Color, detail in shadows, a very striking bird. The feathers shimmer. Great light, on a dark bird......well done!

Jay

[Troy Lim]

Wow. 100-400 lens @ what FL did you shoot this at?
Should try to get there sometimes. But I assume you need a boat?

[Ken Lassman]

Beautiful topside capture Alfred....this is exceptional. For those who have never been to Blue Cyrpress it is hard to explain the rapidly changing conditions with lighting and BG. Love this shot!

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Troy You need a boat but are available there, can even get them to take you out !!

.. was taken at 300 mm, cropped right and left to make into a vertical, top/bottom left alone.

Thanks for the comments, have been trying a full frame vertical and have a few but none with the trees in bg, difficult following the bird vertically with up/down movements !!

[Peter Farrell]

Another superb one, Alfred. Just fantastic lighting and detail.
Peter

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely Al, this one is a big winner. Congrats

[Alfred Forns]

Hi. Arash. Just found one .... Full frame vertical with green bg, can post with no cropping :). .......btw posting from my very cool iPad :D:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Wow Wow Wow - just stunning AL - Love the detail - exposure is spot on.
Absolutely nailed it!!!

[Alfred Forns]

... btw this was made with the 100-400 lens that does not focus well and its not very sharp .... :) I'm still amazed at the things you hear about this lens !!!

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi. Arash. Just found one .... Full frame vertical with green bg, can post with no cropping :). .......btw posting from my very cool iPad :D:cool:

Congrats Al, wanna see yours! I found one too, will post tonight. Congrats for the ipad, sure very nice display for showing off these great images!

Miss you guys
Arash

[arash_hazeghi]

... btw this was made with the 100-400 lens that does not focus well and its not very sharp .... :) I'm still amazed at the things you hear about this lens !!!

Oh yeah, let me post the pics I got with your 100-400 ;)

[Colin Knight]

Love it, Alfred. Are the whites on the head blown? And....that's all I got. :)

Keep these beautiful shots coming!

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Colin if you think they are its time for a new monitor :) .. not even close and lots of detail !!

[Jamie Douglas]

Stunning image, you can almost feel the feather texture.

[Harshad Barve]

Calp clap clap , Soooper image
TFS