Helpful Posts: I love it when hunting birds suddenly spot something and their whole body seems to tense and focus. This is one of a local pair that I have been trying to get a decent pic of for a while. I find myself ambivalent about the leg rings. In one way they take away the wildness of the bird though of course it is a wild free bird. But on the other hand it means it's health is monitored and that can only be a good thing. Am interested in what you think of the pic, all C@C welcome.
Peter
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17th March 2014, 07:55 AM #1
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An osprey With That Look In His Eye
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17th March 2014, 08:41 AM #2
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
A crop from the left would improve it ... with that keen piecing look it needs more space on the right in front of it.
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17th March 2014, 09:23 AM #3
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
Nice image.
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17th March 2014, 09:54 AM #4
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
+ 1. Nice image.
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17th March 2014, 10:21 AM #5
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
well done,cracking shot....
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17th March 2014, 02:39 PM #6
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
Excellent,I agree with Jcuknz about cropping from left
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17th March 2014, 02:49 PM #7
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
One WOW is not enough....
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17th March 2014, 04:22 PM #8
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
+2 WoWs from me. This is really nice...very intense.
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17th March 2014, 06:51 PM #9
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
Nice one!
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17th March 2014, 07:02 PM #10
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
Wonderful image Peter!
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17th March 2014, 08:08 PM #11
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
I love it!
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18th March 2014, 02:31 PM #12
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
Hi Peter, a very good image. I don't really notice the leg rings as my attention is drawn to the head and eye. Love the ruffled feathers - adds texture. That blue sky is very intense did you use a polarizing filter? For me composition is fine
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18th March 2014, 09:13 PM #13
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
Brilliant, precise, and moment-capturing. I like where the bird is in the frame. I suppose radio collars and rings are the price of that fact that at least we are trying to look out for the welfare of some of our fellow creatures.... finally.
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Re: An osprey With That Look In His Eye
Nailed it. Well done Peter.
I agree about the crop. The space to the rear of the bird isn't really contributing anything to the image. Maybe worth looking at a crop pretty tight to the rearmost feathers so that all the space is then in front of the bird.
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