Double wow! (7 pics, sorry)

Msteelio91 · Aug 18, 2014

Incredible shots!

coastalconn · Aug 18, 2014

Thanks for all the kind words! I wanted a tighter crop on one of them, what do you think?

Osprey Two-fer cropped 8/17 by krisinct- Thanks for 2! Million + views!, on Flickr

coastalconn · Aug 18, 2014

matthewo said:
wowie on the twofer, I don't really understand why they would want two, I have never seen an osprey eat a fish from the ground and not a perch like I have seen eagles do. I don't think it could perch with a fish in each talon, also with fish of that size. maybe they go for both just to up the odds that if one breaks free.

excellent image quality on the last one, that looks like it would give my prime a run for its money on contrast, detail and sharpness.

I think there were just so many bunker there that the Osprey probably thought it was grabbing one fish. One eventually fell out of the Talon after 7-8 seconds..
You can see it slipping out here

Osprey Two-fer last fframe 8/17 by krisinct- Thanks for 2! Million + views!, on Flickr

But your prime has a 2 stop advantage. I'm really impressed though with the Tamron for the money.. Even if I could afford a big prime, I'm not so sure I would want to lug around the extra weight and hold it up waiting for the dives. I would end up with Popeye arms, lol

BillM · Aug 18, 2014

Simply stunning Kris !!!!!

oldhippy · Aug 18, 2014

Like the rest have said. Them some kick ass pictures. You excel at this. Ed

mnmcote · Aug 18, 2014

SO Jealous!!! Great shots!!

JacaRanda · Aug 18, 2014

Greatness Kris. I am really wondering how it continued to handle that fish facing the wrong way. Did it drop it prior to getting any altitude?

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Patrickktown · Aug 18, 2014

AMAZING!

coastalconn · Aug 18, 2014

BillM said:
Simply stunning Kris !!!!!

oldhippy said:
Like the rest have said. Them some kick ass pictures. You excel at this. Ed

mnmcote said:
SO Jealous!!! Great shots!!

Patrickktown said:
AMAZING!

Thank you all!

JacaRanda said:
Greatness Kris. I am really wondering how it continued to handle that fish facing the wrong way. Did it drop it prior to getting any altitude?

It dropped the second wish when it was a few feet above the water. It dropped the one in it's right talon.. Flipped the other one around and it was back to normal, lol