This Osprey decided it was time to leave its perch.

Canon 7D with the 500L f4 lens and 1.4 II Extender on monopod @ 1/1250, f10, ISO 400, +2/3 exposure compensation due to the sky.

It's always hard for me to format these types of shots due to the extra wing length.
For the purpose of web placement, I chose a more squarish format. If for print, I would probably format to a 4/3 frame.

Apart from cropping for framing and the usual corrections (contrast, ect), no other major changes made to the image. After reducing to 72 ppi and sharpening, I despeckled the background to reduce noise and blurred away a touch of halo between wing and sky. Oh, yes, almost forgot, I desaturated and lightened the blue of the sky.

The first branch on the left is a little annoying and it is possible to clone it away, but hey, that's life.

Cheers,

Mike