Osprey Stare

Posted by Michael Eckstein on Sat Jan 10, 2004 9:42 pm

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10D 100/400 with 1.4 TC 1/800 @ f8.0 monopod sidekick

Taken 1/5/04 at Anclote Key, Florida. This osprey was keeping his eyes on me and watching my every move. There was a pair and they were just getting ready to start building a nest in this tree. Last year a very inept pair tried to build a nest here and it kept falling down and they finally gave up and moved to a different tree.

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by Safariguy on Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:41 pm

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I like the stare down pose...I might tighten up the crop a bit, a little less at the top and bottom perhaps....

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by Jill on Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:43 am

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Here's looking at you, Michael.

A crop from the bottom especially seems to lessen the angle. Very nice!!

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by George DeCamp on Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:23 am

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So cool when you get one of these starring you down...very nice shot. Agree on a bottom crop as another possibility.

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by Bill Whala on Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:28 am

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Michael,

This is a very nice shot. I really like the eye contact. A crop to just above the lowest branch really strengthens this for me.

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:48 pm

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Neat stare Michael. I agree with the crops suggested.

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by Rocky Sharwell on Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:13 pm

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Michael:

I like the shot--and agree with the suggestions of others as to the crop. My only nit (and perhaps an unfair one) is the color of the sky--What did you use to do the conversion? PS 7+ Adobe Raw or PS CS?

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by Michael Eckstein on Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:27 pm

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Thanks for all your comments. I also agree with the crop suggestions and will incorporate it in the final print.

To answer Rocky's question: I use Photoshop CS and the Raw conversion included. The sky in Florida is quite intesnse in color, particularly in the winter months. I did increase the contrast a little which pumped up the sky color a little, but let me put it this way you don't need a filter to boost sky color here!

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by chew on Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:09 pm

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I like to see wood with birds and the sky is as intense as the stare. Good photo. How do you like using a monopod for your support? Do you always go with this or is it used in certain situations?

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by Rocky Sharwell on Wed Jan 14, 2004 12:59 pm

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Michael:

I photograph in FL all the time too! I vary between using the Adobe Converter and BB. If there is significant blue in the image I tend to use BB.

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