Photo Of The Day By Stan Bysshe

By Staff

Published December 6, 2018

Photo By Stan Bysshe

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Just About to Fledge” by Stan Bysshe. Location: Potomac River, Maryland.

“A young osprey just about to fledge, working on its liftoff,” describes Bysshe.

Equipment & Settings: Nikon D500; f/6.3, 1/1600 sec., ISO 800, 270mm.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

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