Osprey

The majesty of an osprey in flight…

Candida Baker — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:46:20 +0000

In the hundreds of times Lismore-based photographer Andrew Sooby has walked the Byron Lighthouse Precinct, he doesn’t ever recall ever seeing Ospreys – but last weekend his luck changed. “These shots are of one of a a pair which was patrolling between Clarke’s Beach and the Eastern Most Point,” says Sooby. “They hovered over Wategos, beaks into the strong northerly wind, virtually motionless for minute or two at a time, before suddenly banking away to let the wind push them further up or down the shore line. I caught one of them diving to the surface and drag something out, and another one from underneath, flying high. They were truly awesome.”

Says Sooby: “I shot these on a Nikon D750; 24-120 zoom, each set at 120mm; each ISO 100; each at f.4; each at 2000sec.”

For more information on Andrew Sooby go to: luminousmudbrick

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Raw fish, and hold the chips…

Candida Baker — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:01:27 +0000

Ballina photographer John Wickens caught this osprey – the Pandion haliaetus, fish eagle or river hawk – eating his lunch at Angels Beach in Ballina yesterday. “It was the most beautiful weather, and we drove down to Angels Beach at lunchtime for a walk,” Wickens told Verandah Magazine. “We were in the car when we spotted him, so we stayed in the car so as not to scare him, and I took the photo from the car. Mind, you I don’t think anything was going to move him away from his fish – there were about six seagulls hassling him but he was single-minded in his determination to finish his fish!”

John Wickens used a Nikon D7200 camera with a Nikkor 18-300mm lens. His photos are available for viewing on his facebook page, and he can be contactated by email on [email protected]

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