Osprey returning to nest with dinner

On 8/8/12 7:30 PM, in article ,
"tony cooper" wrote:

On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:27:23 -0400, Robert Coe wrote:

On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:18:19 -0400, PeterN
wrote:
: On 8/6/2012 10:09 PM, Robert Coe wrote:
: On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:39:05 -0400, PeterN
: wrote:
: : On 8/5/2012 11:22 AM, Alan Browne wrote:
: : On 2012-08-05 10:21 , me wrote:
: : http://edwardgruf.com/_DSC4947_1024.jpg
: :
: : http://edwardgruf.com/_DSC4950_1024.jpg
: :
: : Nice, esp. the first one (other than the cropped wing tip).
: :
: :
: : Nice capture. The first is a strong image. Shame the speakers get in
the
: : way. They make the shot ineligible as a PSA nature shot. Cloning them
: : out would make the first a lot stronger, but if you decide to play,
: : don't enter the image in a PSA competition.
:
: I don't understand that. I'm guessing that nobody told the ospreys to
build
: their nest there. So why is it less natural than if it were in a tree or
on a
: rock outcropping? It's probably a pretty good location: good visibility
and
: easy to defend from all but airborne predators.
:
: Bob
:
:
: I don't agree with that rule either. PSA is in transition, as are camera
: clubs. IIRC Tony Cooper's camera club only permits extensive editing in
: their creative category. My CC permits any amount of editing.

My comment wasn't intended to address the ethical or legal issues of editing.
What I question is the notion that the speakers have to be cropped or cloned
out.

Depends. If you want a photograph of osprey in natural surroundings,
and you don't care what those natural surrounds are, you don't need to
crop or clone. However, if you think - as I do - that this particular
set of natural surroundings provide too much of a distraction to the
viewer then you have to crop and clone.

As to the point of PSS or camera clubs, the photo with the natural
surroundings as shown will be up against equally good captures of
osprey without distracting factors.

They were there before the birds were and are therefore part of the
birds' natural environment. That they built their nest there - and are
evidently willing to tolerate the noise - is interesting in its own right. A
possibly related fact is that various birds of prey seem increasingly willing
to consider developed areas of large cities to be a suitable habitat.

There are two places that are roughly the same distance from me where
I know there are osprey nests. One is out on Lake Jesup and the other
is the parking lot of a local shopping mall. The one on Lake Jesup is
high up in a tall, dead tree. The one at the mall is atop a lighting
tower. There are several small lakes near the mall that are the
hunting ground of this osprey family.

The most photographed osprey in this area live in a nest on a power
pole that is near a multi-story parking garage in downtown Winter
Park. Photographers can go the top of the parking garage and shoot
down on the osprey nest. This area is so dotted with lakes that
osprey are never far from one.



Along our gulf coast here in houston/Galveston area, their favorite places
are on cell towers on top of cross-country high capacity electrical lines. I
think they have an affinity for electromagnetic impulses. My .02

On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:22:37 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote:

On 2012-08-05 10:21 , me wrote:
http://edwardgruf.com/_DSC4947_1024.jpg

http://edwardgruf.com/_DSC4950_1024.jpg

Nice, esp. the first one (other than the cropped wing tip).


Thanks, was lucky to get even this having just pulled up in the
adjoining parking lot for a late day meeting. It was all I could do to
pull my gear from behind the driver's seat as I saw the osprey
approaching the nest. As to others concern regarding noise these Voice
of God speakers are part of the emergency communications systems on
the field and not generally used. Can't same the same for similar
setups next store at the local AFB which play music multiple times a
day.