Osprey with Trout

Gallery: AvianPosted January 14, 2011161 views7 comments

While at a small city park near Fullerton, California, I was pleased to see that there were two Osprey working very small lake. A local indicated that the lake had been stocked with trout two days before. I missed the dive and catch but I did get this one as the bird flew by my position. Crop shows 50% of original to enlarge bird and I tried to give him room to fly into. I sharpened this some and hope I did not over do it. I am working on my post processing skills and have a long way to go.

Comments are appreciated.

12-31-10 10:50 a.m.
Canon 7D
300 2.8L + 1.4 ext
f/5.0
1/4000
ISO 400
Exposure Comp -2/3
Tripod

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 14, 2011 at 9:56 PM

Hi Harry: Very nice capture. Bird position looks great. The fish is certainly an added bonus and is in a great position. I'd push the exposure up on this image as the image is a little underexposed.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on January 14, 2011 at 11:20 PM

Cool catch. Looks pretty good and I don't really see any evidence of over-sharpening. Agree about bringing up the mid-tones. He looks like he's using the fish for a skate board

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on January 15, 2011 at 5:19 AM

DOF, sharpness, lighting and wing position all great. Nice one.

Registered on April 20, 2008, 307 Posts, 604 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on January 15, 2011 at 5:49 AM

A great capture, even the fish is posing perfectly for you

Well done.

Geoff.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on January 15, 2011 at 12:17 PM

In my last few posts, the comments have indicated that the image is too dark. I have been sensitive to burning out the whites in my images so I have tended to set my compensation in the negative area. I am reposting this shot after reprocessing and increasing the exposure in LR3. Feed back would be appreciated. I feel the repost looses detail in the fish but the Osprey is a lot better.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on January 15, 2011 at 12:56 PM

Great action capture. Love the fish, and that you can see the eye on both bird and fish. For me, the best exposure lies somewhere between the original and the repost.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 15, 2011 at 10:46 PM

Nice Harry. I like the repost better. Nice job on the exposure of the bird and fish.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments