Sarita Yeola
About the Image(s)
Building a Nest: On a walk along the Chattahoochee river wetlands I saw an Osprey at a distance carrying something that looked like dirt in its talon and disappear into the distance behind the trees line along the wetlands. I was a little disappointed that I was so far away and couldn't take any good photos. But on my return trip from the walk I saw an Osprey coming from the direction that the first one had disappeared. As I focused on the bird with my camera it landed on the bank, picked up something and headed off in the same direction that it had come from. This time I took a few photos, one of which is this photo. Maybe it is building a nest somewhere. I cropped the photo and used topaz DeNoise and sharpen for the final image.
Nikon D500: 500mm, 1/1250, f7.1, ISO 640
This round’s discussion is now closed!
7 comments posted
I can see a white line along the feather edge. Is this fringing or just the way the feathers appear?   Posted: 05/09/2022 10:46:27
I mostly use my R7r4 for birds in flight and its a 65mb file so I can crop in a lot and get a reasonable image. If you're using a teleconverter you have no options sometimes but to shoot at 7.1. In fact if I use a tele on my Sony 100-400, I have to go up to 8.0 since I loose 2 stops of light. So lots of variables.
That discussion aside I like the image and the only thing I might suggest is if you have enough pixels which with the 23 mp Nikon you may not, depending on how much cropping you have already done, I might not leave as much space to the right. but that is just my thoughts...what you've got is nice and tells a story. Nice job!   Posted: 05/11/2022 17:52:32
I agree with what has been said by everyone else, I'd just add that while the eyes of the bird are clearly visible, the photo looks under-exposed to my eyes.
I'm guessing that the light was coming from the back and opposite side of the bird?   Posted: 05/17/2022 14:14:01