Osprey Flight

Osprey readily adopts artificial platforms, like bamboo stump used by fisherman, especially where there is a shortage of suitable trees....

Place - Barddhaman, West Bengal, India
Date Taken: Nov 3, 2018
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Sigma 150-600 mm contemporary
Focal Length: 600 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 640

Oh God! What a wonderful shot! I have no words to appreciate your work! I just loved it. Great job Sandipan! Keep it up. :thumbup:

Lovely mid-air pose photographed. Good eye contact. The high shutter speed has helped. Is this a crop? Thanks for sharing.

I love the wingspread. A lesser crop would be nice. Many birds perch on bamboo poles planted by fishermen. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Beautiful shot.What a perfect timing you had!

Lovely landing pose. Toe and claw for catching and holding slippery fish well documented.Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

Excellent pose captured, nice details too. I agree with Sabyasachi, a smaller crop to include more background would have been better, unless you wanted to crop out some unsightly / undesired distractions. Very well captured. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely freeze, what a treat :) . I am not sure I can see clearly enough, have the feet and white feathers lost a bit of detail in post-processing?

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Originally Posted by Prashant Gandhi

Oh God! What a wonderful shot! I have no words to appreciate your work! I just loved it. Great job Sandipan! Keep it up. :thumbup:

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thank you so much....

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Originally Posted by Mrudul Godbole

Lovely mid-air pose photographed. Good eye contact. The high shutter speed has helped. Is this a crop? Thanks for sharing.

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thank you mama...yes it is cropped

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Originally Posted by Sabyasachi Patra

I love the wingspread. A lesser crop would be nice. Many birds perch on bamboo poles planted by fishermen. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

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thanks for the observation sir.....

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Originally Posted by Disha Parchani

Beautiful shot.What a perfect timing you had!

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thank you so much....

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Originally Posted by Saktipada Panigrahi

Lovely landing pose. Toe and claw for catching and holding slippery fish well documented.Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

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many many thanks for the observation.....

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Originally Posted by Deepak Mistry

Excellent pose captured, nice details too. I agree with Sabyasachi, a smaller crop to include more background would have been better, unless you wanted to crop out some unsightly / undesired distractions. Very well captured. Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks for the comment...I shall take it....

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Originally Posted by Abhishek Jamalabad

Lovely freeze, what a treat :) . I am not sure I can see clearly enough, have the feet and white feathers lost a bit of detail in post-processing?

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thanks for the observations.....I shall take it

The entire body is getting aligned to the landing stage. Eyes focused on the pole, claws ready to grasp it and the wings spread out for stability and ease of landing. Its a flight landing simulation in action in the birding world, thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Murugan Anantharaman

The entire body is getting aligned to the landing stage. Eyes focused on the pole, claws ready to grasp it and the wings spread out for stability and ease of landing. Its a flight landing simulation in action in the birding world, thanks for sharing.

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thank you so much

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Abhirup Dutta Gupta

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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thanks a ton...

speechless ....