Look Back

[Scott Frye]

Osprey at Honeymoon Island, Florida

1/1000 at f10 and ISO 250
Canon 500 plus 1.4 TC
Canon 7D

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the attentive pose, sharpness and eye contact. Maybe a bit less contrast? I would desaturate the sky a few points.

[Randy Stout]

Scott:

Axel hit the tech points. I find it an interesting composition because of the perch. If you have it, I might consider a bit more room all the way around.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Good overall feather detail Scott, and I like the comp and pose.

[Fabs Forns]

Interesting way to perch, I did a double take, though you had rotated the image :)
Agree on desaturating the sky and thanks for sharing.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love the alert pose, beautiful eye contact and the interesting composition with the diagonal lines. Very lovely image !!

[Arthur Morris]

Yes to toning down the blue sky. Everything else is great, the look back head turn and the basic COMP. SH is right on. And I am even OK with the steep angle. But for me, the center portion of the perch, the one that obscures a good part of the bird's body is an image wrecker.

[Arthur Morris]

Scott, I hope that I did not offend you when I stated that the center branch was an image killer. I could have been more gentle by saying "o-o-f objects between the viewer and the subject are to be avoided at all costs. I wanted to be emphatic as I was sort of at a loss as to why nobody else was seeing the branch (none having mentioned it). It does sort of blend in. I do critique each image as if it were my own, and I am hard on myself. :) If you were taken aback, I am sorry.