A few Ospreys

dallas

A collection of some Ospreys over the last week, the two diving shots are far from perfect, but are interesting to me for the moment. It's my work in progress to capture them hitting the water in focus.

PrescottPhotog

dallas wrote:

A collection of some Ospreys over the last week, the two diving shots are far from perfect, but are interesting to me for the moment. It's my work in progress to capture them hitting the water in focus.

Hi William.. Wonderful shots. The diving shots are excellent (they all are). I've seen them dive a couple times, it is a real experience.
#4 and #5 are terrific. Anyone that hasn't seen an Osprey dive doesn't know how hard it would be to track them going at about 70 mph straight down. Sometimes I wonder how they survive the impact.
Congrats on the great captures !!!..

riddim_maker

Work in progress ???

Now I feel like a beginner at this:D
Great sequence William

BigAl

Very nicely done William!

altyfc

Wow... what can I say? Superb images.

dbaker1221

sensational series William!!!!

BBiggs

Amazing! These are great and that diving shot is superb!

kdog

:jawdrop Amazing!!!

jwear

well done you went on the weekend very brave but dam nice shots

Ric Grupe

Wow! The first one and the last two were so sharp (in a good way) I had to rub my eyes!!! thumb

Very nice group, William.

Froggy

Nice shots William, your going to be deadly with that new 500, looking forward to seeing your work with it

Steve

Louis Champan

Absolute first rate shots. Excellent shots of one of my favorite birds to shoot. Your dive captures and coming back up out of the water shots are some of the best I've seen. I know that getting it all right on those type shots isn't easy. Well done!

Louie

Maestro

Wonderful shots. Great eye contact and what action!

raptorcaptor

Super cool osprey photos!

Cinda

Amazing as always. I think the diving shots are wonderful -- talk about a 'moment in time!'

Harv

Absolutely a beautiful series. Photographing ospreys is probably my favourite passtime. I love these majestic birds and you have done them justice.

Jackie W

Stunning
These shots are just breathtaking!

Jackie

jonh68

Great shots!

Giphsub

Love that angle on the neck in #2! And #5 and #6!! Great work!

bfjr

excellent shots and an excellent goal you've set for yourself

dallas

PrescottPhotog wrote:

Hi William.. Wonderful shots. The diving shots are excellent (they all are). I've seen them dive a couple times, it is a real experience.
#4 and #5 are terrific. Anyone that hasn't seen an Osprey dive doesn't know how hard it would be to track them going at about 70 mph straight down. Sometimes I wonder how they survive the impact.
Congrats on the great captures !!!..

Thanks Chris, they are really fast as you know, but with more practice maybe I can improve the impact shot.

dallas

riddim_maker wrote:

Work in progress ???

Now I feel like a beginner at this:D
Great sequence William

Thanks Russ, but you're way past the beginner stage.

dallas

BigAl wrote:

Very nicely done William!

Thanks Al.

dallas

altyfc wrote:

Wow... what can I say? Superb images.

Thank you for the very nice comment.

dallas

dbaker1221 wrote:

sensational series William!!!!

Thanks for commenting D, I like posting the splash shots.

dallas

BBiggs wrote:

Amazing! These are great and that diving shot is superb!

Thanks Briggs, I'm hopeing to improve that shot, but I'm also happy to have it.

dallas

kdog wrote:

:jawdrop Amazing!!!

Thanks you very much Joel, I like jaw dropping....:D I'm trying to find time to PM you about shooting some where, and I will very soon.

dallas

jwear wrote:

well done you went on the weekend very brave but dam nice shots

Thanks Jeff, but I didn't go this past week-end. I'm glad you like the Ospreys.:D

dallas

Ric Grupe wrote:

Wow! The first one and the last two were so sharp (in a good way) I had to rub my eyes!!! thumb

Very nice group, William.

Thank you Ric....those two are my favorties also, I love to see the detail.

dallas

Froggy wrote:

Nice shots William, your going to be deadly with that new 500, looking forward to seeing your work with it

Steve

Thanks Steve, but it may not be delieved until Jan., so I'll just have to wait.:D

dallas

Louis Champan wrote:

Absolute first rate shots. Excellent shots of one of my favorite birds to shoot. Your dive captures and coming back up out of the water shots are some of the best I've seen. I know that getting it all right on those type shots isn't easy. Well done!

Louie

Thanks Louie.