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Driving north from Old Faithful to Madison, the Osprey at right was standing on a tree stump overlooking the Fire hole River. I was taking several photos of the bird in vertical format when another photographer caused the bird to take flight. Had I been in horizontal format, I could have captured the osprey's entire wing span. However, I cropped the image to horizontal to focus attention to the birds great looking claws.
Before intrusion by other photographers causing the osprey to take flight, the bird was so cooperative, I thought it might be tame, and was looking for an identification band on either of its feet. Obviously the bird was wild and not seen again after taking off. This is a case where luck really helps.