He's fairly young and seemed unafraid of me. It's unusual for an Osprey to sit still for photos; especially when I was so close to him.

This image was shot with my favorite lens, a Canon 55-250mm IS lens. Because I was shooting up toward the sky I set the exposure compensation to +1 stop so I could keep detail in his feathers.

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