Osprey in Flight Training

[Joachim Wulfers]

Young Osprey in flight training while one of the parents and a sibling watch on.



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[Dennis Bayer]

Very nice!

 

[zackiedawg]

Cool moment captured...I always love watching the young birds get their first flight tests in - our herons and egrets and wood storks, just having their chicks now, go through that stage where they lift off a few inches from their nest for a few seconds...sometimes they almost look confused trying to figure out how it all works, yet they instinctively know they're supposed to be able to fly.

 

[gkstar]

Nice! Wing span to body size ratio looks quite amazing.

 

[donaldsc]

Like the picture. Don't like that you have photo-shopped out all of the background.

 

[Joachim Wulfers]

Like the picture. Don't like that you have photo-shopped out all of the background.

Thanks Donald. But I have not photo-shopped anything out of the background. Have never used it and don't own it. I am standing on the ground and shooting up into the air as you can see from the original. This is a heavy crop from only an 18-200 (at 200 mm) lens shooting into a grey, dull sky :-(







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[Joachim Wulfers]

Cool moment captured...I always love watching the young birds get their first flight tests in - our herons and egrets and wood storks, just having their chicks now, go through that stage where they lift off a few inches from their nest for a few seconds...sometimes they almost look confused trying to figure out how it all works, yet they instinctively know they're supposed to be able to fly.

Thank you Justin. Actually such a scene is quite comical since it looks like the bird is jumping up and down on the nest like on a trampoline. The Osprey couple had three chicks. The third one was probably more advanced since it was flying with the other adult.

 

[Joachim Wulfers]

Nice! Wing span to body size ratio looks quite amazing.

Thank you gkstar. At times it looks like the wings are totally dislocated with a strange sharp bend.







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[Joachim Wulfers]

Very nice!

Thank you Dennis.

 

[donaldsc]

It looked like it because the background was such a clear white. In any case, a great photo.

 

[Joachim Wulfers]

It looked like it because the background was such a clear white. In any case, a great photo.

Thanks Donald. I guess it was better to look at a high key background that the gloomy grey sky. Now I am waiting for those Ospreys to come back and get some better shots with my A6600 and 70-300 lens.