# Osprey

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/osprey/47476>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [July 20, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/osprey/47476 "2025-07-20T01:42:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/osprey/47476/1 "2025-07-20T01:42:32Z")

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![Osprey 30.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/4/e/4e445696b5d7106e81121b3f56a78f548c2b17b6.jpeg)

 ![Osprey 31.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/5/95de75ea0c605317776d6bea48408071c42d19dc.jpeg)

 ![Osprey 32.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/1/0/1052fea1ea27e30e91790564cddcb66a320dc88d.jpeg)

 ![Osprey 33.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/4/0/40499823aed011505e2215fc92b38c7db2f0c679.jpeg)

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### Description

Here are some osprey shots I took last weekend at the swamp in northwest Tennessee. Thought I’d share the various flight poses of one (image 1-3) and then also a shot I took much earlier in the morning (image 4). I think the bird in image four has a largemouth bass.

### Specific Feedback

Any comments appreciated.

### Technical Details

Canon R7, 200-800mm, handheld from pontoon boat.  
Image 1-3: ISO 1600, f9, 1/4000s  
image 4: ISO 6400, f9, 1/500s

Processed in DXO PureRaw 4 and Photoshop.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/osprey/47476/2 "2025-07-20T01:51:31Z")

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Bigger fish than I ever caught in any case, Allen. All four are excellent. The first and third are my favorites with the 4th coming close. All are technically excellent and the only thing holding number three back is that it feels a bit dull and the eye didn’t catch any light.

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**Author:** ![framingtheuntamed](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/framingtheuntamed/32/80226_2.png) [@framingtheuntamed](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/framingtheuntamed)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/osprey/47476/3 "2025-07-20T03:40:48Z")

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Great series! #1 is my favorite. Love the head turn, composition, detail. 🙌🏻

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morrissey](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/peter_morrissey/32/683_2.png) [@Peter\_Morrissey](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Peter_Morrissey)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/osprey/47476/4 "2025-07-20T14:52:45Z")

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Hi Allen  
Great series. I am going with 1 & 4. The feather detail in all of the shots is spot on.  
Peter