Osprey & Needle Fish

Gallery: AvianPosted June 4, 2011167 views16 comments

Photo taken Sept. 24, 2010 at Ft. Pickens, FL.
Cropped from horizontal to vertical format. Sharpening, brightness, and saturation adjustments made to bird-fish and BG separately with CS4.
D300, 300mm f/4 + 1.4x tc, 1/1250 s, f/7.1, ISO320, hand-held.
Comments and suggestions most welcome.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on June 4, 2011 at 8:51 AM

This is superb Dave. So sharp, great left wing position, excellent eye contact and the fish is wonderfull - especially with that long body and open mouth. I love this photo.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on June 4, 2011 at 10:02 AM

This one sure pops out at us from that blue sky, David. Beautiful and revealing capture.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 4, 2011 at 11:29 AM

Wonderful shot, excellent capture for both of you. Ray

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 4, 2011 at 1:52 PM

Excellent detail in the large version! Great pose, eye, prey and wing position - just SWEET.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 4, 2011 at 4:33 PM

Wonderful detail and nice exposure coupled with great behavior. I'd be very happy to have taken this.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 4, 2011 at 5:21 PM

Very cool and I like the different kind of prey than we normally see.

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on June 4, 2011 at 6:12 PM

Awesome image. The fish makes the shot.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on June 4, 2011 at 9:31 PM

Super job! Love the long needle fish and your details all over are wonderful. Sharon

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 4, 2011 at 10:59 PM

Superb flight shot, David. the detail is outstanding and I like the Needle fish prey. The wing positions make a nice composition.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on June 5, 2011 at 2:26 AM

A stunning flight shot- Terrific sharpness, pose and detail on this one- My best congrats, Fabio

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 5, 2011 at 2:40 AM

Excellent capture David, really love the way you've brought out those textures and detail, and of course the unusual catch in the Osprey's grasp is a real bonus :^)

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on June 5, 2011 at 5:46 AM

Waht fantastic light and clarity David - great shot

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by antino cervigni on June 5, 2011 at 2:50 PM

Absolute fantastic image. Excellent flight shot.
Ciao Antino

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on June 5, 2011 at 7:11 PM

Love the wing. The vertical crop works well with this one.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 6, 2011 at 1:27 AM

Great shot David, love the wing down and the needlefish.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 7, 2011 at 4:12 PM

Almost missed this one, excellent flight shot, I like the wing span and detail on the larger image, way to go, well done.

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