Bird Watching: Growing in an Osprey's Garden #8, 1 by unsteady

unsteady wrote:
The next shot was from the next day (see what a good woman I married). I think on this day Margaret left a little earlier than me and given it was my last opportunity for a while to see the birds I stayed on. Mum was again active and even though the nest was by now in full shadow and exposure tricky I hung around. Well mum landed on a branch next to me and made a right carry on. Normally I like to shoot at high shutter speed for obvious reasons but this time decided to slow things down, concentrate on the 'eye' and hope to create some blur on the wing tips. The bird was probably only 10 m away or so at this time. The time was 6.40 pm on a Sunday evening (you get it by now, my wife is an angel) & the shutter speed was 1/250 at F5.6 (400mm lens). I think this has to be one of my favourites from the current season.