Osprey dad delivering fish to fledglings

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First time posting to this thread. I'm a bit uncertain about what file type size to post, but here goes.

We watched and photographed this nest for the full breeding>fledging season. What an experience!

Shot with Nikon Z9 Nikon 500PF iso 320 f/6.3 1/2500.

Would love to hear what you think.
Kind regards,
Mark
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Redive said:
First time posting to this thread. I'm a bit uncertain about what file type size to post, but here goes.

We watched and photographed this nest for the full breeding>fledging season. What an experience!

Shot with Nikon Z9 Nikon 500PF iso 320 f/6.3 1/2500.

Would love to hear what you think.
Kind regards,
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Welcome. Nice shot ! I think I’m with Dan though. I prefer the color version.
 
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Hi Guys,
Thank you for the feedback and the warm welcome.

I appreciate the comments on color vs monochrome. In fact the version posted is in color. However, I did desaturate the background to take the green out of it as I felt it drew the eye from the birds. Really the birds are B and W with the glaring exceptions of their red and orange eyes. The eyes really come through on a 17X22 print, but get lost on my computer. In an attempt to keep the converstiuon rolling, I am posting the 'crop only' version that has not he ghe background desaturated. I am super curions what you think of the comparison as I have considered completely converting this set of images to mono with the eyes left as is.

Really stoked to talk wildlife photography with other fellow sufferers ;-)
Mark
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Redive said:
Hi Guys,
Thank you for the feedback and the warm welcome.

I appreciate the comments on color vs monochrome. In fact the version posted is in color. However, I did desaturate the background to take the green out of it as I felt it drew the eye from the birds. Really the birds are B and W with the glaring exceptions of their red and orange eyes. The eyes really come through on a 17X22 print, but get lost on my computer. In an attempt to keep the converstiuon rolling, I am posting the 'crop only' version that has not he ghe background desaturated. I am super curions what you think of the comparison as I have considered completely converting this set of images to mono with the eyes left as is.

Really stoked to talk wildlife photography with other fellow sufferers ;-)
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I like this version, but the color of their eyes seems fading away...
 
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I'd love to see a fully saturated or extra-saturated version, would be better. A warmer WB would help too. Also, the second edit is a massive improvement but I'd lighten up the shadows. Great shot!
 
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Redive said:
Hi Guys,
Thank you for the feedback and the warm welcome.

I appreciate the comments on color vs monochrome. In fact the version posted is in color. However, I did desaturate the background to take the green out of it as I felt it drew the eye from the birds. Really the birds are B and W with the glaring exceptions of their red and orange eyes. The eyes really come through on a 17X22 print, but get lost on my computer. In an attempt to keep the converstiuon rolling, I am posting the 'crop only' version that has not he ghe background desaturated. I am super curions what you think of the comparison as I have considered completely converting this set of images to mono with the eyes left as is.

Really stoked to talk wildlife photography with other fellow sufferers ;-)
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Mark, I have a very similar color shot. Do you mind if I post it here to show you what we mean?
 
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Ralph said:
Mark, I have a very similar color shot. Do you mind if I post it here to show you what we mean?
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I would love it! This is one shot from a large series I would like to print in a consitent manner. Obviously still looking for the right post processing approach.

Mark
 
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Awesome! Thanks for posting that Ralph. I so appreciate seeing the family dynamics of these super intense birds on the nest.

I am going to rework and repost my shot later today with your comments in mind. One thing I should mention is I am r+g colorblind so some of the subtleties with those and related colors are lost on me.

Mark
 
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Redive said:
Awesome! Thanks for posting that Ralph. I so appreciate seeing the family dynamics of these super intense birds on the nest.

I am going to rework and repost my shot later today with your comments in mind. One thing I should mention is I am r+g colorblind so some of the subtleties with those and related colors are lost on me.

Mark
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Completely understand. I did the same thing you did in the spring of 2022. I followed them until the young started to fly. This year I tried to do the same but could not get back to the nests as often as I would have liked.
 
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Fiat said:
Ralph, My fault if I become colorblind with age, but do I sense some unnature green-blueish on parent wing and wood parts?
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The green-blue on the wood is algae. I don‘t see any blues green on the birds. I didn’t do any color adjustments on these photos.
 
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Fiat said:
Ralph, My fault if I become colorblind with age, but do I sense some unnature green-blueish on parent wing and wood parts?
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There is definitely an unnatural green blue cast on the underside of the incoming bird's left wing. If you want to do color adjustment on these shots, that would be a good place to start.
 
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