The Osprey was fishing. Missed and missed again. Up and down the stream this fisher hunted. I watched for a while and discovered that he was diving in for dinner often at the same spot. A slow point in the river. The grass and bush was tall at waters edge. A good place to set up and shoot. My fortune was greater that the Osprey. I did however wish he would have caught a fish. It would have made the shot even more interesting.
The original shot was OK. Being the time of year that it was, my creativity (what little I have) took me beyond the norm. The shot was ran through NIK black and white converter. I then erased back the original bird colors. It turned out weird. It seems these days that weird is good. This is what happens when I spend too much time in front of the computer and not enough time shooting.
Click on the photo and enjoy the water dripping off the bird. If you look close there looks like he has some water on his face. I was really fortunate that it was this sharp. My 600mm is a manual focus lens. A lot of luck here!
1 comment:
Jim, I like this shot a lot. Erasing back the color really made your subject stand out. I am sure luck had nothing to do with getting the focus right. I'll bet you know how to work that old manual focus just like it were your own eye...
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