I'm Getting Ready!

[Linda Dulak]

The beginning of August we took a trip in one of the local creeks looking for opportunities to see some osprey platforms. This particular route usually has between 25 and 30 nests to observe. It was a bit late and most of this year's youngsters had already fledged. A few were still in the nests and accommodated a close approach by boat. This one began flapping but stayed on the nest, a perfect opportunity for a series of images.

D7000, Nikkor 28-300 @300, f7.1, EC -1, 1/2000 sec, ISO 800

Comments welcome

Linda

[Randy Stout]

Linda:

Very nice wing display, like the calling pose, head seems just a bit soft/lower contrast, perhaps the juvi plumage.

I might consider a tiny crop from top, and tone down the orange left in RUC.

Cheers

Randy

[Morkel Erasmus]

Hi Linda. I like how it pops against the darker BG, but agree with Randy it's quite soft as presented. Not sure if it's a focus issue or merely unsharpened after resizing?

[Linda Dulak]

Thanks everyone. I'll take a look at the sharpening. It gave some weird effects on the jpg but would probably be okay on the photoshop copy.

Linda