Bald Eagle & Repost

Gallery: AvianPosted June 22, 2016173 views13 comments

The Bald Eagles at Big Beef Creek seemed to be doing more of their own fishing and a little less thieving than usual last week. This shot is from the first morning.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600mm, hand held, f/7.1, 1/4000, iso 640, manual exposure. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped a fair amount from the bottom and right and added a touch of canvas on the top. Image size is 10.5 MP before resizing for the web. Taken at 6:58 AM on June 14th.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on June 23, 2016 at 7:02 AM

Nice action you managed to capture here Dennis. Love the intent look of the eagle and the great look at the wing on the right. Techs look really good. Well done.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 23, 2016 at 10:40 AM

Dennis:

Looks pretty nice. I like the angle of the eagle you captured. I'm distracted by the horizontal line of stuff in the water near the top of the frame.

Always great to get an eagle in the viewfinder.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on June 23, 2016 at 3:34 PM

Nice clear eagle image with wonderful morning light. The stuff in the upper BG is a little bit of an eye magnet.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 23, 2016 at 4:03 PM

Sweet action and lighting here Dennis, I particularly like the bit of seaweed he's pulling up as well. I could see cloning out the oof oyster bed in the back. devil

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 23, 2016 at 5:58 PM

Thanks for the input. Now that it's been mentioned I see that the oysters draw the eye-one of the things that's great about this website is that kind of feedback.

Here's a version with it removed and a touch more cropped off the top and left of the image.

Click on the image for a 1200 pixel version.

crying

Thanks,

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 23, 2016 at 6:46 PM

The repost is outstanding, Dennis. A great capture of a Bald Eagle actually earning a living, even if it looks like a squawfish.

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on June 24, 2016 at 12:03 PM

Hi Dennis
The action and sharpness of the Bald Eagle is great. Nice work.
Peter

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Comment posted by Pramod.Shanbhag on June 24, 2016 at 1:18 PM

Hi Dennis goodwork.A sharp,action packed pic with beautiful feather details.Image has benefited from reframing.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on June 24, 2016 at 3:36 PM

Way to go Dennis. Nice action and I like the repost with the oof stuff removed. Eagles are always a difficult exposure, nice job. devil

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 24, 2016 at 5:48 PM

Nice catch for both you and the eagle. Well done.
May

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 24, 2016 at 10:05 PM

Great job on the repost, Dennis. Just an excellent capture. devil

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 26, 2016 at 12:40 PM

Great timing you managed here Dennis! I agree about the horizontal line and think the repost is very nice. Good work!

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on June 28, 2016 at 4:31 PM

You got a splendid pose and an excellent angle on this eagle, Dennis. The lighting is also very good. The horizontal line at the top didn't bother me much, but the repost is definitely better.

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