Osprey Fantasy

[Morris Altman]

Moon: D200 + 800mm mirror + 1.4 TC @ 1120mm, ISO 400, 1/100, f8
Osprey: D70s + 80-400 VR @ 400mm, ISO 200, 1/500, f 8, fill flash (SB800 + Better Beamer)

The osprey was photographed in Oceanside Long Island and the Moon in Queens New York. I’m not after a realistic look, just the drama and effect as in a grade B SiFi movie.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

[Mitch Carucci]

Great expression in the Osprey, and I like he moon in the background. For a bit more "drama", I would like a darker sky to contrast with the moon.

[Morris Altman]

Thank you MItch,

The darker sky is an interesting idea

Morris

[Paul Lagasi]

Good OOTB image and a good job of pasting in the Osprey, over the moon. I wish you didn't have to cut off the wings but its your image...nicely done.

I agree with a slightly darker sky as suggested above and maybe darkening the bright area below the eye on the left.

[Morris Altman]

Thank you Paul,

The original osprey image had the wings clipped as I did not pull back on the zoom soon enough.

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[Julie Kenward]

Morris, what a neat composite you have here! I was intrigued by the idea of taking this darker so I opened the image and used Nik's Color Efex "Midnight" filter on it. I then toned it down a bit in Photoshop but left the deeper contrasts that the filter produced to give the hawk a more menacing look.

[Morris Altman]

Thank you Jules,

Osprey never have this much contrast yet what you have done is powerful.

Morris

[Cheryl Slechta]

Morris, great OOTB image. I like it a lot. Well done

[Morris Altman]

Thank you Cheryl

Morris

[Indranil Sircar]

Morris, I love the composition! The close crop works really well... excellent OOTB thinking! Nicely processed! TFS.

[denise ippolito]

Morris, I like the OP with the light coming through the tail-seems natural to me. Great looking details. You have made a very nice OOTB image from your original capture. Nice job!

[Morris Altman]

Thank you Indranil and Denise,

I had a blast creating this image.

Morris

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Morris, great OOTB thinking for this one. Very nice work!

[Morris Altman]

Thank you Andrew

Morris