Osprey With Trout 2

Thanks for viewing/comments! Canon 7D Mark II + 1.4x TC + 500mm F4 IS - Handheld shot!

I envy your steady hand, a great catch, you have been able to show not only the good eye contact of the hawk but also the eye of the fish, ciao Giangiorgio

Wow, now that's a dramatic image. The Osprey's intense expression says it all, a superior predator. One of your many bests... Mike

Grazie Mille Giangiorgio! My left bicept get ache a bit now and then (after many months of not using this big setup) but It's nice to be able to shoot handheld with the Canon + 500mm again. May be when Mr. Canon comes out with the 600mm DO my problem would be solved :-)

 

 

Thanks Mr. Mancil! I got lucky since the birds came down twice (I was only there 1 hour at my lunch time) and both times infront of me and flew straight toward me. I got a bunch of shots with clipped off wings since it's too closed :-)

This is a good crop. And the expression on the fish is priceless. By the way, you should seriously take a look at the Tamron or Sigma 150 to 600 telephotos with respect to the weight factor.

Thanks David! LOL, I've been thinking of trying out either Tamron/Sigma 150-600mm .. not sure if one is better than the other. I do know that Sigma has two versions such that one for the commoner and one for the richer folks :-)