Osprey!

[powers_brent]

CC welcome! Just saw this guy as I was getting ready to leave because nothing much was happening. Not many birds that day at San Joaquin Wildlife Refuge.





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[Colin]

Uber!


Love the wings in the first. Great lighting.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Very cool shot Brent, hope you'll run into these guys more often.

[Maleko]

That second one is fantastic!

[Oren]

Pretty good, the second is the best.

[Dave Johnston]

Those are great. He was just posing for you!!! I like the second one best.

[powers_brent]

For the second shot, do any of you think that gradient on the background is too much?

[RadicalTenth]

The second shot is my favorite, but the gradient seems a little too much.

[Oren]

Show us the original (without the gradient) so we can tell which one is better.

[powers_brent]

Here you go. It does not seem as sharp as the other one, but I guess that is not the important thing right now anyways. It seems that people only say it's too much once somebody else suggest it. I am wondering if it is the power of suggestion. I feel that it lacks without the gradient. I was imitating a graduated neutral density filter, but those go from top down, not bottom up too.





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