President George Washington's home is Mount Vernon, it is on the banks of the Potomac River. The view from his home is shore of Maryland, it is a National Park called Piscataway Park, so the view from his home will forever remain the same. Directly across the river is the National Colonial Park a 17th Century working farm and part of the Piscataway Park, that I use to be a 17th Century volunteer farm hand (long story) they have a fishing pier that these Osprey nest at each year. this pic was taken three years ago, the same nesting couple of Osprey are there every year.
As a volunteer for the park, I took a ton of pics for them, (okay it was a good learning experience) but they used this one for several promotions.
The house on the hill in the background is the back side of George Washington's Mount Vernon home
Taken 3/30/2017 at 6:26 am
Pentax K3ii
F36.3
1/1000 Sec
ISO 6400
Pentax telephoto 300mm lens at 200mm
Talk about a wonderful foreground and background —just love the entire composition.
What a great shot. You have the osprey with a clean background and sharp focus and the wonderful historic landmark as a background but blurred so as not to distract from the bird.
Great shot! Impressive on many levels..... from balance to color to clarity. On a side note, I lived on Long Island for 56 years and ospreys abounded. I would visit many osprey nests each year, both while photographing and flyfishing. Never once did I see a nest like this that afforded such a great angle of view....... what a blessing:-)