Catch of the day

Netgarden

Dinner for two. I think he was showing off because he came right at me. Lucky me again!

Osprey Whisperer

Nice capture. THem ospreys are beautifulllllllllll.

Harryb

Hey Linda,

Good seeing your pics again. Excellent capture and great exposure on that shot.

Netgarden

Harryb wrote:

Hey Linda,

Good seeing your pics again. Excellent capture and great exposure on that shot.

Thanks Mike and Harry. I was really lucky he came right over me, or normally 300mm wouldn't do it very well. The exposure was sheer guess, and I was lucky on that too. No changes at all in processing, just a little unshapren mask. I barely got him in the frame because I'm not used to aiservo, and not used to not hearing a focus beep. They do have beautiful feather designs huh.

So thats an Osprey, thanks I need to bone up on birds if I'm going to shoot them.....or ask you guys the experts!:D

SteveF

Fun angle to see.

Good "guess" on the exposure! It's easy to meter the sky and get a very dark bird.

Might bump the shutter speed just a tad with flying birds (say 1/1000 or faster) to freeze the wings, although movement can work too if that was your intent.... :

Osprey Whisperer

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Osprey.html

Netgarden

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Osprey.html

Thanks Mike! I love the site and to hear the birds was cool too.

I shot this at 1/1000 and f 6.3, iso 400, Manual Lucked out!