[url=https://flic.kr/p/vza63q]Osprey[/url] by jimmyg352, on Flickr

Whaddya reckon?

Nice, I’d be happy with that!!

Blinking lovely shot 8)

It’s fairly excellent.

Can’t see how it could be much better!

Todays phones take some good photo’s 🙂

Even MoreCashJnr said WOW!

Countryfile calendar competition?

It’s ok, but the subject is lost in the back ground

Very nice. We watched them out over the dyfi and at the cors dyfi osprey project. Well worth popping in If you are biking in the area.

It could’ve smiled though.

Shame about the photo-bombing trout

Is it doing the Mo-bot?

Perfection

Excellent!!!

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.

The Trout look perturbed

Great photo

Wow! That’s an awesome picture.

Needs a bit more depth of field.

It’s a cracking moment in time but it’ll not win many awards.

Nice piscture

‘shopped.

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!

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?

Aggressive trout rips innocent birdy from the sky…

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…

It’s the best photo I’ve seen today

Fantastic!

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

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://flic.kr/p/brKJwW]Red Squirrel by Andy Crofts[/url] by jimmyg352, on Flickr

& he also likes his Tits!…

[url=https://flic.kr/p/vA8kbq]Crested Tit 2[/url] by jimmyg352, 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.

Been meaning to post these all day but ive been away from my pc

Not the best images but very memorable Last weeks selfies

http://s203.photobucket.com/user/docs90/media/20150705_132107_resized_zpsbwzlrvn1.jpg.html

http://s203.photobucket.com/user/docs90/media/20150705_111048_resized_zpsp6iorspu.jpg.html

http://s203.photobucket.com/user/docs90/media/20150705_111716_resized_zpstqoc0joh.jpg.html

I can never get the images to show 🙁

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.

BOBFOC

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?

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

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.

Nope ,its stunning right place right time , he could spend the next 10 years trying and not get an images as good

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)

In my head it’s trying to pump up a tyre a la Badger.

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.

Double post

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.