White tailed eagle

Gallery: AvianPosted September 7, 2014969 views8 comments

This shot was taken last month near Svolvaer, Lofoten, Norway, during a boat trip to a near fiord.

The eagle was pursued by some guls that were following the boat.
After a couple of full circles around the boat the eagle went down to the water to take a fish and then disappeared to the coast.

Little cropped for composition (we don't have more room at the top, unfortunately)

Large version provided.

Thank for your passage and comments.

D&L

Canon 5DMIII, Canon 100-400@400, f/7.0, 1/6400sec, ISO1000, handheld, natural light.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Tjie Poo on September 7, 2014 at 4:57 PM

Very nice action shot ! Great details ! A little more brightness on the eagle's under wing would be great.

Registered on December 4, 2012, 51 Posts, 511 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on September 7, 2014 at 5:31 PM

Hey D&L,
You sure took advantage of this opportunity, the large version has very nice detail in the Eagle and the action is good. I would try to get a bit more feather detail in the dark shadows under the wing and more canvas at the top can easily be added with the sky you have here.
Well done . . .

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 7, 2014 at 6:57 PM

Sweet image, D&L. Excellent focus on both subjects. With the bg you have, it hsould be easy to add a touch of canvas to the top if you want to do so. Personally, I like it as posted.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on September 7, 2014 at 11:47 PM

Lovely interaction. I agree with the others on maybe lightening the underwing of the eagle to try nd recover some detail. I also agree about adding a bit of canvas to the top.

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on September 8, 2014 at 4:15 PM

Thank you all for the comments and for the suggestions.
I will try to add some canvas at the top.
This side the light was not perfect. Luckly the eagle passed to the other side. And we were able to take a couple of shots also on that side.
More to come.
D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on September 9, 2014 at 5:53 AM

Nice interaction - both birds in focus

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 20, 2015 at 9:20 AM

Very cool 'twofer', excellent job cashin' in on this opportunity.

No nits, like this as posted. Nicely done! devil

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Don McVee on December 9, 2015 at 8:45 PM

A beautiful, sharp, and perfectly exposed image. You have managed to get detail in the dark underside of the wing as well as avoid over exposing the white bird. Good timing. I like it as it is - wouldn't change anything except for maybe adding some canvas at the top.

Registered on November 28, 2015, 5 Posts, 19 Comments