An Osprey leaps into the air. I was on the way to a beach to get a completely different shot for this challenge and my wife happened to notice this bird. She then proceeded to go near the bird to make it take off for me. Gee I love my wife!
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Great job stopping the motion here. Your exposure looks spot on to me. Just wondering if this is a large crop because you took it with the 70-200, or did you actually get super close? My nitpicks are that the bush is a little distracting and I would like to see a bit more room for him to fly into. Great job though, osprey are one of my favorite birds to observe.
Great flight shot! nice focus, great colour, non-obtrusive background. It is a shame that he is heading away from you quite so much, and that there is not more frame open in front of him, instead of behind.
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