Living next door to an Osprey

[Mad Aussie]

This is one of a breeding pair of Osprey's that live on a high tension wire tower about 500m from where I live. I was out for a roll on the MTB yesterday in the late arvo and saw him/her flying about and decided to try to take advantage of the backlighting.

It was well above me so my 400mm zoom was needed and I shot at 1/1600th to try to get any sharpness.

[Bambi]

those are lovely!!!

[Mad Aussie]

Thank you Bambi

[Michaelaw]

Nice work MA, I'm always trying to get that moment when they hit the water on a fish dive

[Mad Aussie]

Nice work MA, I'm always trying to get that moment when they hit the water on a fish dive

Yeh me too but they have such a vast area here to go fishing that being in the right spot is miracle enough without actually catching the 'catch' as well. I was in the right place at the right time once about a year ago but the bird dove from a bright sky into a very dark background and it fooled me. One day.

[Michaelaw]

The ones near me fish in a small lake, when they dive it's sometimes quite close. They sometimes dive five or six times before the get a catch and each dive is in a different part of the lake.... It's just a matter of time

[Mad Aussie]

The ones near me fish in a small lake, when they dive it's sometimes quite close. They sometimes dive five or six times before the get a catch and each dive is in a different part of the lake.... It's just a matter of time

Man ... you have no excuses ... go get it!

[Michaelaw]

Well...I do have an excuse. My E-3 being a four thirds sensor would double the reach of the long end of my 70-300mm to 600mm. A 70-300mm on the Nikon is, well...300mm! If I had kids I'd be selling them off for a 600mm Nikon lens because it's seven grand! The cheap route is a 80-400 strapped onto the D90 which with its sensor will give me 600mm. I asked about a 1200mm at the camera shop and was quoted 70 or eighty thousand dollars because there were only twelve of these things ever made. As it stands, I'll have to put on the hundred dollar hip waders and stroll out into the lake

[Mad Aussie]

Don't you still have the E3?

[Michaelaw]

Sold it!