Dawn Patrol

An osprey looks me over just as the Sun was rising over the tree line at the lake.  I had the 18-300mm on the tripod, photographing the shoreline of the lake.  With a polarizer on no less.  I took a few shots with it and then grabbed the big lens out of the truck. Fortunately, the osprey took a few circles overhead so I got a couple of hundred shots off.  I guess I'll have to crank the auto-shutter speed up a little more because I just can't get steady handholding a lens anymore.  Oh well. It's still thrilling to see such a thing and a privilege to be able to photograph it. 

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 200-500 F5.6 ED VR

500mm

F5.6@1/1,000th

ISO 320

Cropped

(RD1_7889)

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