Osprey - coming & going or something along those lines :)

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day all

In our local district we have several Osprey (sometimes called sea eagles) families and they can be seen on bridge lighting posts watching and waiting 'for a customer'

This one launched into the sky for a hunt, but was unsuccessful and returned only a minute or more later

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typical exif- Panny FZ-200; 1/1600s x F4,0; ISO-100; lens at 600mm (FFequiv)

As always, feedback welcome

Phil

[Isac]

Nice to get a shot or two like that Phil - Lucky You!!. Just for fun, (besides a shadows lift) I'd remove the pole in #1, give it a fish and call it a BIF shot.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Isac

A superb edit by you and a winner in any comp .... except oh bugga, ya not allowed to blend images when submitting into Nature comps

ps- I do admire your PP skills - far beyond mine
Phil

[Isac]

You're very kind Phil. Are you allowed to remove distractions or obstructions?

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day mate
In any photo comps conducted under the internationally accepted "Nature" photo comp rules the image must be ex-camera with only small adjustments for cropping or exposure tweaks (ie- levels and such like)

As soon as the author combines two or more partial images into a new image, it can only be entered into an 'Open category' comp where blended images are allowed
Phil

[Isac]

Thanks for that Phil. I'll have to flick through my collection and see if National Geographic want any. ..................... All done they said "no".

[wigz]

Nice shots Phil. They are impressive birds. Never enter a competition the Isac is also entering.

[Isac]

Your remarks are appreciated Alan but I've been doing this stuff for many years and I love a challenge. I just wish more folks would ask for tips so I don't take all this to my grave.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Isac

Yes matey ... we all have heaps of knowledge that we will take to our grave ... and it is one of life's buggas that it happens ~ but time and technology always marches on. 100 yrs ago there were heaps of people with heaps of skills with using horses for work and transport - and 50 yrs ago it was typewriter technicians ... and 25yrs ago it was film!

The 'however' comes into it here - you can set yourself up a U-Tube channel and join all sorts of others flogging their stuff, or (as I did) put it into user manuals and run Adult-Ed classes or external workshops for new users.

In the final decade of my Adult Ed time in Canberra I had just over 2000 adults thru my classrooms, and then on the wallaby with the photo workshops for 6-7 years gave me a smaller number but great satisfaction

These days I just want to enjoy myself rather than always be at the cutting edge - but anyone who is / like to be at the cutting edge can start something of this nature and see where it takes them

Phil