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[url= https://farm1.staticflickr.com/266/19409563608_ab25625045_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm1.staticflickr.com/266/19409563608_ab25625045_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/vza63q ]Osprey[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmygrainger/ ]jimmyg352[/url], on Flickr

Whaddya reckon?


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:19 am
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Nice, I'd be happy with that!!


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:30 am
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Blinking lovely shot 8)


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:31 am
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It's fairly excellent.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:31 am
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Can't see how it could be much better!


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:33 am
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Todays phones take some good photo's 🙂


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:33 am
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Even MoreCashJnr said WOW!

Countryfile calendar competition?


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:33 am
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It's ok, but the subject is lost in the back ground


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:34 am
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Very nice. We watched them out over the dyfi and at the [url= http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com ]cors dyfi osprey project[/url]. Well worth popping in If you are biking in the area.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:34 am
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It could've smiled though.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:35 am
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Shame about the photo-bombing trout


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 7:48 am
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Is it doing the Mo-bot?


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 8:29 am
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Perfection


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 8:34 am
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Excellent!!!


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 8:38 am
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Poor bird, had to hold the pose for half an hour while he fetched the fish.

"Just take the ....ing picture!"

It's 94 you know.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:25 am
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The Trout look perturbed

Great photo


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:37 am
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Wow! That's an awesome picture.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:40 am
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Needs a bit more depth of field.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:49 am
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It's a cracking moment in time but it'll not win many awards.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:56 am
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Nice piscture


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 10:34 am
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'shopped.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 10:47 am
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Can't see how it could be much better!

Great image but it's lacking something...
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Ah, got it, not enough fun!

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Posted : 11/07/2015 10:52 am
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I'm offended that you would all praise a shot in which a fish is clearly struggling, and most likely to become food for a rapacious, ego-centric bird. Shame on you. Will no one think about the fish?


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 10:59 am
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Aggressive trout rips innocent birdy from the sky...


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 11:20 am
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Shame the resolution is so low as that's an absolutely stunning image. Is that straight from the camera or has he cropped/re-framed? There are some photo competitions to be won if he's so inclined...


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 12:00 pm
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It's the best photo I've seen today


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 12:16 pm
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Fantastic!

Here's my rubbish pic of an Osprey flying over Gloucs on Thurs evening:

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Posted : 11/07/2015 2:51 pm
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He mustv'e done ok with some competitions, It's his passion but he's still just an 'amateur'. I have actually questioned if theyr'e his photo's!

He does squirrels as well.

[url= https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6054/6855012978_2a5966b335_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6054/6855012978_2a5966b335_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/brKJwW ]Red Squirrel by Andy Crofts[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmygrainger/ ]jimmyg352[/url], on Flickr

& he also likes his Tits!...

[url= https://farm1.staticflickr.com/261/19420537440_efd3ed159d_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm1.staticflickr.com/261/19420537440_efd3ed159d_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/vA8kbq ]Crested Tit 2[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmygrainger/ ]jimmyg352[/url], on Flickr

Apparently the Osprey shot was taken from a hide near Aviemore, right place, right time & was the best out of the 20 he rattled off.
You don't always have time to play around with settings I reckon.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 5:11 pm
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Been meaning to post these all day but ive been away from my pc

Not the best images but very memorable Last weeks selfies

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I can never get the images to show 🙁


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:08 pm
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I'd be pretty chuffed with that! To those being picky, about it, please, show us your better shots of an osprey catching a fish, let us choose which is the better photo.
Put up, or shut up.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:19 pm
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BOBFOC


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:20 pm
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Fair enough Stevedoc but theyr'e all captive birds! Not hard to compose or catch are they? I deleted all the one's I took at http://www.icbp.org/index/ the other day cos they just looked staged (cos they were)

Anymore proper wildlife shots?


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:23 pm
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Yes they were captive but beyond looked after and flown every day, it was just a true pleasure being that close to something so stunning


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:31 pm
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I know where your'e coming from Steve, the birds at Duncombe Park are amazing & the guy who runs the place is the most passionate person on his subject I've ever met! It's well worth a visit!

You'll never get a photo as good as Andy's Osprey though.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:39 pm
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Nope ,its stunning right place right time , he could spend the next 10 years trying and not get an images as good


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:42 pm
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It's a cracking moment in time but it'll not win many awards.

Really? Why's that then? You must know! Are you Andy Rouse?

(BTW, Who said it would win any awards)


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 9:57 pm
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In my head it's trying to pump up a tyre a la Badger.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 10:18 pm
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He should submit that for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/Wildlife-Photographer-of-the-Year.html - I've been most years and that photo would definitely stand out.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 10:56 pm
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Double post


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 10:59 pm
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He mightv'e done already Philby but he just sticks his stuff on FB usually. He's got some terrific shots of wildlife in Africa & New Zealand also, he's switched on so I assume he's thought about it.


 
Posted : 11/07/2015 11:14 pm

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