Osprey Launch

[Safariguy]

The warblers are still scarce at Ft. DeSoto, so I walked down the beach to the Osprey nest.

Edited to shorten the distance between the snag and the launch. Would have preferred better eye contact, but the wind was not in my favor here for a launch towards me.

Nikon D300, 300 VR, ISO 200, 1/1600, F7.1

Cheers,
Jeff

[Philip Lombard]

Fantastic, love this shot. The lighting makes it and the placement of the tree is super.

[Tom Cudzilo]

I like how you included the tree stumps in the photo as this shows that the bird is in fact taking off. I would love to have a bit more room on the right for bird to fly into and crop some on the left.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful action image with great lighting and exposure as well as excellent detail !!! Very much like your choice of composition too. Thanks for sharing.