HOME | DD
mmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmwm β Osprey With Prey
Published: 2004-03-28 14:19:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 968; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 178
Redirect to original
Description
Shot this Osprey on Sanibel Island FL. while visiting my Dad. He lives in North Ft Myers FL. The Osprey was sliding down the slipery, fish slimy branch while trying to eat.Shot with a Nikon D1X digital SLR
300mm F-2.8 AFS II lens
1/500th @ F5.6
Related content
Comments: 34
wow nice picture! Ospreys are my favorite bird of prey. theyΒ΄re special in some way^^
π: 0 β©: 0
Great moment, beautiful bird. I hear them around often, but haven't managed a shot yet...
π: 0 β©: 0
What an incredible shot! I am impressed and envious.
π: 0 β©: 0
I think it was because The bird was gathering quite a crowd by the time this shot rolled around in the session. The direct sunlight on the white parts of the bird was blowing out badly and I shot a ton of different settings without a real good one. when the exposure was right the bird had moved to a shitty angle. I started out with the 300mm f-2.8 and a 2X TC, (it's what I had on when I found him) and it was too much lens. I got what I could with that. By then, it looked like it was going to let me get a few more shots so I slipped off the 2XTC and got a few more shots (bracketing like crazy). I was moving farther and farther back , which is more and more into the road. I was almost blocking traffic. this made a crowd of photographers start to gather and the bird was getting restless and moving around allot (this is a natural nature park area for bird & wildlife watchers , photographers and school field trips) and my sticky bogen 2 inch ballhead makes it hard to make fine adjustments, so out of the 30 or so shots of this awesome bird with prey only a few would pass most of the hivewasp technical challenges and none would pass all of them. I was a little bummed when I went through all the shots and seen that they didn't pass all of mine either. it's mostly cause of the sticky ballhead. When you push hard enough to get it to move, it will move too far and getting it back means even more moves and time that I didn't have. I was still kicking myself in the ass for missing the redshoulder hawk with a huge swamp snake in it's claws sitting a on a branch a few hours before (so I wasn't going to miss this "bird with prey" shot) I really didn't want to go home from Florida hating myself again like last year when I missed a ton of killer shots cause my equipment wasn't fast enough. like slow and clumsy tripod heads and legs made by bogen. the gitzo explorer with a Wimberley head is the fastest head and legs I know of right now
π: 0 β©: 0
tiny comment from lil' me... why did you cut his tail out of the frame and have empty space on the other side? I know I'm picky
π: 0 β©: 0
this is so damn hard to get, well done 
π: 0 β©: 0
It's been a while since I've been around to your gallery, and I forgot how great your photos are! A wonderful source for inspiration and motivation. The Osprey is beautiful!
π: 0 β©: 0
Wow, the bokeh from that lens is fantastic! It's so sharp and the colors are awesome too, sweet shot.
π: 0 β©: 0
If only the tale weren't cliped, I had it going as a favorite, yet can't quite do so. I have had two strong spiritual moments with the Osprey we have here along the river. The first involved 4 of them and the second one 3 of them. What a show they put on, I have a very high respect for them.
I feel as you do I'm sure about the tail being cliped, so close yet so far. I've had a couple myself and we just do what we can kep hoping, keep praying.
Enjoy have fun,
Roseonin
π: 0 β©: 0
That's awesome! 30 or so shots?? Wow...I guess that helps when it comes to getting the perfect shot... I wanna have unlimited film! 
π: 0 β©: 0
an incredibly amazing hot , fish in claw and everything ... very nice
π: 0 β©: 0
Wow, this is truly an incredible capture! You are lucky to get such a close shot of an Osprey, and to get it with food too...
There is an Osprey that lives near the lake I live next to and get to see a peek of him/her now and then, but when we went over to Naples and Marco Island this last weekend I saw 3! So now I know the west coast of Florida is definitely a good place to find them!
π: 0 β©: 0
The bird, in itself is astounding, but the fact that you also got him eating a fish make this simply amazing wildlife photography.
π: 0 β©: 0
wow now this is an impressive photograph
it's been quite awhile since ive seen your infamous style
good to see photogrpahs like these beating at the very heart of DA
π: 0 β©: 0
I'll say it again...Awsome shot!!!
Looks familiar
π: 0 β©: 0
What a killer shot! Great timing! With the fish, this is mind blowingly cool. (tiny nit: top of head just a little too bright, but I've done that so many times....hardly worth mensioning.)
π: 0 β©: 2
I don't know if you noticed or not but it is a different shot then the "craving for nature" shot was. this one has fish stuff on it's beak...yuck
π: 0 β©: 0
out of the 30 or so shots of this bird very few didn't have some white blown out like that. direct sunlight mixed with shade on an osprey is one tough cookie to shoot...the shinny fish made it even harder
π: 0 β©: 0
Beautiful bird, he keeps an eye on you so you won't get its meal
π: 0 β©: 0
wahh, excellent shot, really well done....
great capture
π: 0 β©: 0
God, that is a gorgeous bird. And it has a fish? Very cool shot!
I love how proud the bird looks....the look in its eye. And wow, it has such huge claws.
I'd love to see this in RL.
π: 0 β©: 0
a rare moment captured on celluloid for eternity, priceless
π: 0 β©: 0
It's been awhile... your National Geographic skills... are BETTER THAN EVER! peace -
π: 0 β©: 0
truly beautiful! wow... the sharp alertness of the osprey after the kill is captivating. very well captured.
π: 0 β©: 1
I submitted it way too small. I just edited it to a larger version so the full view will be worth clicking on
π: 0 β©: 0
WoW!!! great capture, excellent colour and detail!!!
π: 0 β©: 0
When it comes to wildlife shots on DA nobody does it better than you man. Not even close.
π: 0 β©: 0
Excellent shot. The Osprey is crisp focus and the background blurred completely, making the Osprey really stand out. No-one is going to miss that!
π: 0 β©: 0
Why such a small file size? Anyways I love this shot. It is one of the best shots I've seen of an Osprey. I don't mean to sound grosse but the blood is really awesome. It just makes the contact between the bird and fish that much more real. Great shot once again!
π: 0 β©: 1
it is way too small. I'm going to have to fix that
π: 0 β©: 1
Still pretty small. You can hardly see the sushi on the things beak. Nice though, very nice.
π: 0 β©: 0