Osprey & Trout

[Papathanassi]

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Canon 1D 111, 500 F4.

Taken in Scotland, Large crop. must confess to having put a sky in though, the bird went above the horizon which gave me a shutter speed of 8000th sec. You dont get a lot of time to adjust your camera on the fly with these birds. Hope the sky looks natural?

Papa.

[wildcumbria]

Re: Osprey & Trout

You done well here, the sky looks ok to me however, i wouldn't crop so much and get all of the bird in shot as i think it looks too big in the frame; good exposure retaining detail in the feathers; if it were mine, i would clone out the leg rings. Where was this taken?

Steve

[Papathanassi]

Re: Osprey & Trout

Thanks for comments Steve,
It was took at Aviemore on the Rothiemurchus estate, the reason it's cropped like that is because when I actually took the shot the bird was right at the top of the frame. they really do take some keeping up with, especially when they come that close and with a 500 lens. I see your point on the cloning, but I can live with what you see, knowing that they are wild birds.
Thanks' for taking the time to comment.
Papa

[wildcumbria]

Re: Osprey & Trout

Sorry Papa, i thought you had cropped its wing off. I was wondering if it was taken at Rothiemurchus as i was thinking of going there myself, i'm a little late now for this season but i think i might make the trip next year; would you recommend it? i was thinking of timing my trip after the chicks had hatched so as to increase the frequency of the fishing. Do you get many opertunities for shots?

Steve