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23-Apr-2023 Tim Betts

Keeping watch

We went back to Piscataway National Park, situated on the Potomac River in Maryland, where we saw several ospreys and great blue herons as well as a lot of red-winged blackbirds. It’s always difficult to decide which pictures to use since we both often take shots of the same thing. In this case I chose Tim’s because the eye was more prominent, although I liked the pose and feather detail in mine. He always takes the in-flight pictures, which I can never get right, and has a longer lens than me, so sometimes there's no decision to make.

Drive-by mural, posted earlier:

Nikon D850 ,Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
1/500s f/7.1 at 400.0mm iso200 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time23-Apr-2023 13:37:53
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D850
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length400 mm
Exposure Time1/500 sec
Aperturef/7.1
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance0
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (7)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Pierre18-May-2023 19:20
Une très jolie pose de ce balbuzard au nid! V
Julie Oldfield26-Apr-2023 20:13
That is a great capture. Excellent composition. V
Carl Carbone26-Apr-2023 12:40
Nice capture. Sounds like Tim should get his own PBase account! ;-)
Charlene Ambrose26-Apr-2023 06:22
Tim got a great shot. V
Dennis Hoyne26-Apr-2023 02:48
A fine shot! I love watching them dive for fish while I'm out fishing.
Don26-Apr-2023 02:40
Ospreys have an unusually prominent eye, and Tim has caught it well. (The same species occurs along the coast and bigger rivers here in Australia.)
LynnH26-Apr-2023 01:43
He got a nice shot! V
Nirvan Hope25-Apr-2023 23:54
That looks like an enormous nest. Very nice.
Frank Gines25-Apr-2023 23:43
Great captured Helen ! excellent details with the huge nest .V
Richard Chu25-Apr-2023 23:00
Huge nest and excellent shot! V
Hank Vander Velde25-Apr-2023 20:52
A well captured image Tim.
carabias25-Apr-2023 20:40
The nest is huge on this beautiful catch. V
hayl25-Apr-2023 20:30
Terrific to see and a great photo. I always like to see Osprey's huge nests.
Isabel Cutler25-Apr-2023 19:57
What an exciting find
janescottcumming25-Apr-2023 18:49
Always love seeing those huge nests they make. V
Buz Kiefer25-Apr-2023 18:33
Very crisp photo, Helen. Nice eye clarity and excellent detail particularly in the nest. V
fotabug25-Apr-2023 18:18
Wow, super shot, Tim! This deserves a print on the wall!
Milan Vogrin25-Apr-2023 16:55
Beautiful image. V
Marcia Rules25-Apr-2023 16:41
Amazing little builders, aren't they? Very uplifting....
Claude Gagnon25-Apr-2023 15:47
Beautiful....so big this nest :)) V
joseantonio25-Apr-2023 15:44
nice closeup capture from that distance.V.
Tom Munson25-Apr-2023 15:27
That's an impressive nest. Great shot.