Secured!

Gallery: AvianPosted December 1, 2014167 views7 comments

Another of the eagles from Conowingo Dam, this one from it's markings is a three year old If I could hazzard a guess. The sun had retreated under cloud when this guy made his catch, but I liked the pose and thought I'd see what you all thought. After the issue with my previous post I recalibrated my monitor, so hopefully the color cast and luminance issues are removed.

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River, Maryland

D810
500mm f/4
TC-14E II
1/4000s @ f/6.3
ISO 1600
HH

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on December 1, 2014 at 3:32 PM

Fun to shoot this action -- on my monitor there is no detail in the Eagles body and extended wing -- like the capture you made but needs more light on the eagle

Registered on February 3, 2007, 387 Posts, 1136 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on December 1, 2014 at 3:49 PM

Hi Chuck,

I agree with Scott in that the shadows could be lightened up a bit to pull out more detail. Pose is great with prey and water drops too.

...........................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on December 1, 2014 at 4:05 PM

Hi Chuck, no idea what the EV was and if it works in the same way as Canon, but I would have + it, however you then loose SS. Forget the BKG it's the body you want to exposure for, however, please don't tell me you were using Spot metering here.

If you lighten it to recover detail you will introduce noise in the darks & shadows.

Hope you had a good TG.

Cheers
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Thomas Haney on December 1, 2014 at 6:44 PM

Great shot Charles, I might try increasing both the contrast and brightness a bit.

Registered on April 7, 2013, 138 Posts, 537 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 2, 2014 at 4:39 AM

Charles,
This is a classic pose, but as most others have said the eagle is a little dark.
You could try a very tiny amount of shadows (5%) in S& H, it works for me and certainly does not seem to add noise albeit on a small JPEG

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on December 2, 2014 at 6:16 AM

Great capture Charlie
you've nailed the moment.
For me it is a but dull/dark overall and there is not much detail in the dark plumage.

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on December 4, 2014 at 11:19 AM

Actually IMHO you have decent detail in the dark areas of the eagle. Great capture of the action! These are not the easiest subject to capture with decent detail in the dark or light areas while in action. You did not list the light conditions, but I would guess it was fairly dull, overcast light from the looks of the BG. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments