Tracking an Osprey in a 50mph dive is difficult

[HAB911]

Need to work on my panning! It's much different than an airplane going in one direction, unfortunately lost him before contact with the water






see them all: https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/THE-GARDEN-AND-ABOVE/FLORIDA-FAUNA

[ms liberty]

1. Those are great! I grew up in Tampa, where are you at?

[HAB911]

2. HI!

I'm in Lutz. These photos were taken at Carrollwood Village Park, a lesser known and more refined Hillsborough County Park

[ms liberty]

8. Lol, I remember when Carrollwood was new! I had friends out in Lutz

Family friends lived on Lake Allen, and then a high school buddy's parents lived off Lutz Lake Fern Rd. Both of those places were out on the boonies then!
I graduated from Leto in 77, and lived off Waters Ave close to Hanley Rd.

[Walleye]

3. Great shots!

[HAB911]

6. Thanks!

[cachukis]

4. I look out my patio window at my pond and see this

nearly everyday. Great capture.

[HAB911]

5. I was hoping to see it take a fish

but after three attempts, nothing. It's tough being an Osprey, lol

[cachukis]

7. Yes. At my old home, we lived on a pond which fed

osprey. Tried to photo but am not that good.
One morning, while mowing my lawn, a saw a dead bird under the tall pine. It was a malnourished osprey. Know nothing about its age but they don't always come up with fish.
I live near where you caught your diver and love the panoply of birds at my new downsized residence. Quarter mile as the stone throw. Bet the birds I see now are the same ones that hung around my pond.

[Callalily]

9. Amazing Photos!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Wow! My dear HAB911! These are just plain spectacular!

So amazing.

The two last photos really show the speed.



On edit: Your album! Love 'em all!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

11. Great job!

Especially those two diving shots!

I love shooting ospreys.