Bald Eagle Incoming

Gallery: AvianPosted March 7, 2013148 views7 comments

Caught this immature bald eagle as he was coming in for a landing. I like the feather detail on the underside of the wing. I added a bit of feather on the wing tip, as I cut a bit off when I captured the image. Taken along the Mississippi River in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D
Canon 500mm f4 II
f4
1/800 s
ISO 320

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on March 7, 2013 at 7:20 PM

I Like it Jerry.
Immature birds can often look dull compared to their mature counterparts because they lack the adult markings and colour, but the subtle variations of colour on the underside are terrific and I particularly like the yellow legs.
Not sure how much wingtip you added, but if you hadn't mentioned it I wouldn't have noticed.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on March 7, 2013 at 9:05 PM

Absolutely stunning! You handled the exposure perfectly with the high key BG. No nits here.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on March 7, 2013 at 10:32 PM

Jerry, the detail and color variations you captured are really great in this image. I imagine it was having some issues balancing on such a skinny branch for a bird his size. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on March 8, 2013 at 1:36 AM

Warrior! The sharpness...color of the eagle and mono-chrome of everything else makes this a winner. I esp like the yellow and black talons.

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Comment posted by Verdon on March 8, 2013 at 2:09 AM

awesome, the large version is outstanding, good job with cloning missing tip of feather, well done

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 8, 2013 at 9:53 AM

Interesting display of colors from this immature Eagle and wonderful detail on the larger version, way to go.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on March 8, 2013 at 6:35 PM

Very sharp throughout -- like the colors in the underwing

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