Osprey

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Osprey 22.jpg
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Osprey 23.jpg
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Osprey 21.jpg
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Osprey 24.jpg
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Critique Style Requested: Standard

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Description

I visited the state park pond and found this osprey there. He/she was first perched and then took off for some flight shots. This appears to be a young bird with those orange eyes.

Specific Feedback

The color scheme looks different in the last photo versus the others. I took the last photo early when I first arrived and the others about 45 minutes later.

Technical Details

Canon R7, Canon 200-800mm f9 lens, monopod
Flight shots: ISO 800, f9, 1/4000s
Perched shot: ISO 2500, f9, 1/3200s

Processed in DXO PureRaw 3 and Photoshop.

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All excellent looks at the Osprey, Allen. My favorite would be the third one with the Osprey coming more or less at the viewer and I like that wing position.

3

These are all really good views of the osprey Allen. I’m torn between the second and the third, but they are all really well done.

4

Beautiful detail in all four of these, Allen. I don’t think I could pick a real favorite from these. Excellent work.

5

Awesome, images, Allen. All are fantastic, but number 3 is my fav.

6

Allen, wonderful series! Excellent flight and perched poses, with bright eyes in all.
Sweet!

7

What a nice collection of osprey shots! I never get tired of shooting these very cool looking hawks. I’d be hard pressed to pick a fav here.

8

All are wonderful! I’d be tempted to pull just a little yellow out of the last one (in raw, with the Temp slider) and curious to see if it brings out a little more detail in the darks. Maybe also the slightest move of Tint, to get away from green. (That slider needs a vernier scale.)