Osprey In Flight:GOT IT!

ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
edited April 26, 2006 in Wildlife
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4/24/2006
It is as close to getting an Osprey in flight as I have done yet, after two years here,:rofl .
I had the 400 on with the extender, the Osprey was closing fast, that combination, it does hunt................. For some reason the gods smiled, the lens must have locked. By the time the bird got this close I was not sure what I was seeing. Just took the shots, if they were bad, I could cull.

I am pleased for now! Maybe next time the bird will bring me a fish!

ginger
After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.

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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2006
    Good going Ginger!thumb.gif
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2006
    Way to go, kiddo! clap.gif

    He does look a little like a flasher opening his trenchcoat though! rolleyes1.gif

    Very nice, Ginger.nod.gif
  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2006
    clap.gifthumb.gifthumb.gif It's about time. What took you so long. :D Nice capture, Ginger. These birds are so coooooool. I went out yesterday with Paavo (Kevin Scott) and we visited 3 osprey nests and saw lots of flight runs. Even saw one guy chasing a pelican. Unfortunately it was too far away for a decent shot. Look forward to seeing more osprey from you.
    Mike McCarthy

    "Osprey Whisperer"

    OspreyWhisperer.com
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2006
    Thanks, Ric and Thusie!

    I was thinking about light.................after the shots were over, they came too fast to change anything. But I was hoping that the sun had caught his face.

    In this one it caught the top of his head. In the others it is about the same. It is my experience that birds don't like looking into the sun, or they hate me, one or the other.

    I may bring them sunglasses along with the bug spray I keep meaning to provide. I love the big yellow eyes that some people get.

    (I did get a GBH looking into the sun at the end. Most of the time he was turned away, but at the end he was facing the sun. I will probably post him, that is the best thing about those shots: his face is lit but not blown, smile.)

    I went to sleep thinking that I had forgotten to mention it, but that I did wish he had turned his head a bit, too.

    Thanks again,
    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2006
    Excellent Ms. G. clap.gif
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2006
    thumb.gifclap.gif:D
    Jeff W

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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2006
    Wow, great shot Ginger. I konw it's hard to capture flying birds with long focal length. A reaaly nice pic to be proud of.

    Dick.
    "Nothing sharpens sight like envy."
    Thomas Fuller.

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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2006
    Way to go Ginger!!! Nicely done! I just discovered this week that they chopped down the dead tree where I spotted my Osprey a while back. I was so disappointed! It was such a cool tree...no more big birds will be parking in my neighborhood. :cry
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2006
    Ginger,

    Sweet thumb.gif
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