The Landing Strip

[Marina Scarr]

It's nearing time for the Ospreys mating season to begin. This Osprey apparently thought his mate's back was a landing strip. Instead of flying in and landing in the nest, he landed directly on her back and proceeded to mate. Can't imagine she was deriving too much pleasure from those talons. I am told by a zoologist/photographer friend of mine who studies Ospreys that they mate at least 400 times before laying eggs.

Canon 1D3, Canon 400 DO
F5.6, 1/3200sec, IS0 400, manual mode
Handheld from a boat

C & C always welcomed and very much appreciated.

Marina Scarr
www.marinascarrphotography.com

[Randy Stout]

Marina:


Good timing to show the talons well, ouch! Nice to have a natural looking nest.

Whites perhaps a little warm at wing root and inside of far leg of the male.

Must be a night for osprey.

Cheers

Randy

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet light and great landing pose

[Michael Lloyd]

So many places to go but I won't

Gorgeous image. Timing, lighting, depth of field. All very well done.

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful action and behaviour shot! Looks great to me!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super timing great exposure - well done.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great pose and light...Maybe a touch bright for my taste I would darken overall slightly...But a fine image none the less!

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Marina, great timing here, as we have a full view of those talons. I do like the the raised wings and overall sharpness, and your choice of comp works well. Thats quite a heavy duty nest they have.

[Raul Padilla]

great history of this photo, great moment you captured.