Juvi Osprey in flight.

[Karl Egressy]

• Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
• EF500mm f/4L IS II USM
• ƒ/5.6
• 500mm
• 1/2500s
• ISO 800
• Flash not fired
• Mon, 05 August 2013 5:38 PM
• Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows

This is still from the Osprey series.
I likeke the full wing stretch.
Thanks for looking

canon 1F MIV
Canon 500f4.0 L IS II
ISO 800
f5.6
1/2500 s
HH

 

[supreet.sahoo]

Beautifully exposed and lovely eye contact here. The wing stretch as you mentioned is really good and the fact that the bird is flying into the frame. Well done and thanks for sharing!

 

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

A very nice ventral view, with flared primaries and spread tail. Like that the head is clear of the wings. Exposure generally very good. Perhaps just a little loss of detail on the thigh of upper leg.

Cheers

Randy

 

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and open beak adds to this handsome juvi.

the whites between the chest and upper leg are blown

TFS

 

[Loi Nguyen]

Nice pose, head angle, sharpness. The whites on the right side of the bird look blown to me too. I feel it is too tight around the bird, yet there is too much room in front. Kind of a difficult comp unless you have more room. Loi

 

[PhilCook]

Wide spread wings and tail, and beak slightly open and all against a blue sky = magic....just a bit of a hot white bit on the upper shoulder

 

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the diagonal you got here, and the open bill is a plus. Nice wingspread and tail flare. Some of the whites are indeed blown - perhaps recoverable in raw conversion? I feel the comp may work well as a square with some taken off the right.

 

[Karl Egressy]

• Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
• EF500mm f/4L IS II USM
• ƒ/5.6
• 500mm
• 1/2500s
• ISO 800
• Flash not fired
• Mon, 05 August 2013 5:38 PM
• Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows

I love the diagonal you got here, and the open bill is a plus. Nice wingspread and tail flare. Some of the whites are indeed blown - perhaps recoverable in raw conversion? I feel the comp may work well as a square with some taken off the right.

Thanks, Daniel.
I addressed the issues you and most of the people commented brought up. Here is the improved version.

 

[Arthur Morris]

• Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
• EF500mm f/4L IS II USM
• ƒ/5.6
• 500mm
• 1/2500s
• ISO 800
• Flash not fired
• Mon, 05 August 2013 5:38 PM
• Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows

Hi Karl , Sweet bird. Sweet flight pose. Did some Eye Doctor work, sharpened the face with a 15/65/0 contrast mask, and then pulled the curve down as the image was overall too light. With the smattering of over-exposed pixels this one is worth re-converting and recovering the WHITEs.

 

[Daniel Cadieux]

I know it is highly subjective, but I really like your new crop, Karl.

 

[Karl Egressy]

Thanks Arti, looks great.
Thanks, Daniel.