Everything Osprey, One Photo

ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
edited June 22, 2005 in Wildlife
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I just had to see if this was OK, DOF, blur, etc. It looks fine, to me??? Except I do wonder if it needs more pop. That could be done in PS. Now??? Those babies, two, have their little mouths wide open. And I got a whole fish!

ginger

Oh, I want to be up front, I do crop the Ospreys. I will show you the original as brought up from RAW. Just this once, don't want to do it all the time. But I just think they are too far away, and on that ugly platform, so I do crop them.

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That is how it came up, basically, I think the composition is the same,
just a little less of it. If bird falls on the ground helplessly, and I get a photo
of the same, if it is close enough, I probably will not crop it. After I take the photo, call the powers who be, etc............in that order.

This has not changed much in the final workup either. Maybe I need to do more?
After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2005
    Its a good capture Ginger. I usually crop most of my bird shots. The only problem was the one we all deal with when shooting wildlife and that is that the birds were a bit far off.


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  • Aussie_blueyAussie_bluey Registered Users Posts: 593 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2005
    :D I really like raptors, great shots. I'm still waiting for a chance to get some photos of the Australian Wedge Tail Eagle and the Sea Eagle.
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  • MuskyDudeMuskyDude Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2005
    Ospreys are my favorite raptor (ok tie with peregrin falcon) and as such, just love this shot Ginger. thumb.gif


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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2005
    needs a crop, try a vert crop, you might be pleased. needs loads of contrast, best applied through curves, but you know that :D
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2005
    Ginger most all my pic are a crop some way nice capture with the fish and chicksthumb.gif
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2005
    Hi G
    Looks good to me
    Got good feather detail, and on my monitor (IBook) looks clear can make out the colors and all. In fact JMO of course this one might be the best you've posted so far!!
    Yes more contrast would help as has been pointed out, tighter crop too.
    Raptors are tough, not just saying that either, you either see them to far away, up in a bright sky, hiding in a dark tree etc. etc.
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    Here I'll throw in one of my Raptors just so ya know I'm not talkin out my hat:

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