Grounded

Gallery: AvianPosted June 2, 2014143 views7 comments

This young male Osprey must be going through a learning curve and dropped his catch from his tree perch at the rivers edge and was on the ground to retrieve it. He was concerned about other Ospreys in the area and that allowed us to get extremely close before he flew back up into the tree. Hand held from boat, Full Frame.

Master Version at:
http://www.mikieproductions.com/p929015909/h24832536#h24832536

File Name Ramy_6039_CF42
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Date/Time 3/19/2014 5:11:00 PM
Author Michael Ramy
Copyright Notice Rock Art Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -1
ISO Speed 160
Lens EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM +2.0x
Focal Length 400.0mm

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 2, 2014 at 5:12 PM

Great head turn & POV Mike. I like the dark & light areas/layers of your comp, they seem to frame the osprey/make it really standout..
Detail looks good, well exposed. Nicely 'grounded' as well

I can't really tell what the food item is. Catfish?
Well done!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 2, 2014 at 6:29 PM

Nice one, Mike. Interesting to get one of these at eye level. Good job on the exposure and that's a killer head turn.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 2, 2014 at 8:04 PM

This is quite something, Mike. A pleasure just to look at it!

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 2, 2014 at 8:29 PM

I like the pose and the low angle. Nice one, Mike

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 3, 2014 at 12:05 AM

Very nice, Mike. The boat gave to you a nice, low angle, and the bird gave you a great pose. Nice work on the whites and good detail. The foreground is a little distracting but not badly so.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 3, 2014 at 8:59 AM

Mike,
Great catch, no pun intended. The back story makes it even more interesting.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 3, 2014 at 5:13 PM

Cool moment captured here Mike. I like the story in this a lot, I also like the head turn and really nice job on the techs here. My only nit is I wish the Osprey wasn't so centered. I might be tempted to move him to the right third and loose some space on the right and bottom to do so.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments