Sublime and Beautiful Sunday Osprey catching a fish

[tattoodjay]

Sublime and Beautiful Sunday

This post is for #SublimeSunday is inspired by @c0ff33a and #BeautifulSunday is initiated by @ace108.

For this weeks post to these challenges I am back to birds again, and one particular bird in fact, after having some luck with catching image sof an Osprey catching a fish which I included in last Sundays post, I havent finished with getting shots of birds in general and Osprey in particular, my next goal was to try and catch an Osprey as it dived down, caught a fish and then took off to flight from the water, and this post is a series of shots where I almost did this

I did not catch the dive, but the sequence starts as the osprey is coming out of the water

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Now there is a funny story to these photos, one day I went back to Silvershell beach in Marion early to catch the sunrise, as as I was taking photos of the sunrise, I saw a whole bunch of Osprey, probably between 10 and 15 of them, and they were having great success catching fish and I saw a few fly overhead with fish in their talons, but i had a wide angle lens on for the sunrise shots, after the sunrise I switched to my big lens, but it seemed the Osprey had done enough fishing for the day and I only saw them way off in the distance at that time.

So a couple of days later, or possibly even the next day I headed back there, with a plan to catch some early blue hour images then switch to my big lenses and try to get some shots of the Osprey diving for fish, so well before the sun rose I switched to my big lens, but all the Osprey I could see that morning were well off in the distance, and only a couple of them, which was a little frustrating, but then this one flew by towards me and then dived for the fish which lead to this sequence of images

here it is coming out of the water

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This next one is the same image but I cropped in closer so you may see the drops of water coming off the fish ( you may need to click on the click to view larger to see it better)

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here it is more out of the water, you can see it looks soaked and the little fish ion one of its talons

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A couple of flaps of its wings and they looked dry

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and off it went flying with its little fish catch

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And that’s all folks

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[johannpiber]

That's awesome, JJ, I have never seen any bird catching a fish in real life - great captures 👍😃

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[tattoodjay]

Thanks I was so happy to catch this sequence I have seen it a few times but never got photos of it

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I would be happy too - great job, JJ 👍

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[anitahorvatirl]

Stunning shots 😍

[steven-patrick]

Wow! great sequence. One talon catch. The osprey is just showing off 🙂

[tattoodjay]

Thanks and yes this Osprey gets extra points for style lOL

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[joanstewart]

Stunning sequence of events with bird lifting off the water with catch of the day, strength in their wings totally amazing when soaked.

Great shot with droplets of water in gentle sunlight of early morning JJ!

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[tattoodjay]

Thanks so Much, I was pretty happy with this series of shots, but will keep trying ;)

[joanstewart]

They are awesome once you get your eye on the goal. Have a great day!

[tattoodjay]

Cheers you to have a great day

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[hopestylist]

These shots are incredible, the osprey must have been really happy to have captured a prey I guess.

[tattoodjay]

Thanks so much I know I was happy to capture these shots

[hopestylist]

I'm sure you were. You're welcome Sir.

[tattoodjay]

👍😎👍

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[castleberry]

Incredible shots! Really well done!

[tattoodjay]

Thanks so much

[castleberry]

You're very welcome!

[nicklewis]

A massive well done, so elusive here in the U.K. I’d be very lucky to get photos like that. That said I have seen one on our south coast.

[tattoodjay]

I am lucky there are plenty Osprey around but seeing one catch a fish can take time

[nicklewis]

I’m envious to be honest. What a place to live.

[tattoodjay]

I am sure you have things there we done have here

[nicklewis]

Of course! We’ve a lot of Red Kites. They’re amazing and can watch them from our garden at times. It’s a pleasure to watch them as they duck and dive, the mature birds training their young to hunt. Much like the Osprey, I’ve no idea how to get decent photos of them. I’m willing to try though!

[tattoodjay]

They sound cool to watch
Birds in flight are a challenge to catch ch I used to say as recently as a few months ago I have no luck catching photos of birds

[ksteem]

Wow, great set. Catching one of those on my wish list as well.

[tattoodjay]

Thanks I was happy to get these shots but I will keep trying

[wrestlingdesires]

Those are spectacular! You really were in the right place, at the right time 🙌

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[tattoodjay]

Thanks so much

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[dishant018]

Beautiful ❤️

[tattoodjay]

Thanks 🙏

[littlebee4]

Wow… such a great captures @tattoodjay 😎 yay you got one getting out of the water.
Such a funny story, when you are not prepared they are there and so many… and when going back, all set. Nope hahaha. Isn’t that always the case.
Hope you get the dive in too one day 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Love the photograph series. And it does look like that, that it gets rather quickly dry after the few flaps with the wings. Remarkable to see. Thanks so much for sharing. Love all of them.
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[tattoodjay]

Ohh yeah it is amazing to see
One day I will catch the whole sequence including the dive

[littlebee4]

It so is… hope I will see it one day too.
I’m sure of it you will. Your out and about for it 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻😁

[tattoodjay]

🤞👍😎

[shohana1]

Wow so beautiful shots. Mind blowing 💖

[tattoodjay]

Thanks so much I hope your having a good weekend

[shohana1]

Wow so beautiful shots. Mind blowing 💖

[mmckinneyphoto13]

Really amazing catch, well timed shots!

[tattoodjay]

Thanks I got lucky with these

[sjarvie5]

Wow great shots! The one would have been impressive, seeing the sequence is really great! I especially like the feathers!

[tattoodjay]

Thanks I have enjoyed seeing them dive for a fish, was finally glad to capture this sequence

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[papilloncharity]

Beautiful photos JJ and I am seriously impressed with you camera work here.

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[tattoodjay]

Thanks My friend

I have seen the Osprey diving but took a long while to eventual catch a sequence like this

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[papilloncharity]

And you caught that sequence brilliantly JJ. I was seriously impressed.

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[practicaleric]

Definitely wonderful shots, you finally caught one of the best natural fishers catching his/her food. Nature is totally amazing and all we have to do is sit back and watch. Thanks for sharing and do enjoy the new week ahead :}

[tattoodjay]

Thanks so kind of you

[ace108]

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Well, at least it eats for free.

[tattoodjay]

I like your take on this

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[riverflows]

Absolutely stunning. Love the one where it looks like it is walking on water, all bedraggled and messy. Such great photos and a stunning bird.

[tattoodjay]

Thanks so much
I was truly happy to get this sequence

[sehar.gill]

Amazing clicks.

[richardslater]

You caught the light perfectly, thanks for sharing.

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[artsbreezy01]

Wow!! This is incredible!!! Lovely scenes

[tattoodjay]

Thanks so much

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[tattoodjay]

Thank you have a great day

[tattoodjay]

The photos are all of the same bird in a sequence