Bald Eagle II

Gallery: AvianPosted June 29, 2016157 views9 comments

One of the kinds of image I was looking for on my recent eagle trip was eagles with the mountain top bg to give a feel of space. I managed to get a few and this is one of my favorites. I came very close to clipping the lower wing tip, so I had to add some canvas on the bottom of this one and took some off the top and left.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600mm, handheld, f/8, 1/3200, iso 640, manual exposure. Processed in LR5 & CS6. After adding canvas I cropped this to an 11.6 MP 4x5 aspect ratio image before resizing it for the web. Taken at 8:06 AM on June 16th.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on June 29, 2016 at 1:31 PM

Another nice eagle shot, Dennis. I like the angle you captured him at showing the full wingspread. Again, great detail at 600 mm handheld. My only thought would be to somehow enhance the mountain top to make it more prominent; at least on my screen its a bit light.

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on June 29, 2016 at 3:06 PM

A real classic, Dennis. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on June 29, 2016 at 5:21 PM

Gotta love that wing spread, Dennis. It's a bummer about the need to add canvas, but otherwise it's a wonderful background for this subject. Nice work.

Max

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on June 29, 2016 at 8:33 PM

Terrific wing-position, Dennis. The large version is awesome. Techs also look spot on. Looks like you have enough light to shoot at a higher f-stop and get the mountain top sharper.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 29, 2016 at 10:02 PM

Nice frame Dennis. Really majestic pose with a nice background.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on June 29, 2016 at 11:51 PM

Nicely done Dennis. I like the added space on the bottom. Nice perspective with the mountain in the BG. I think I would have preferred a bit more space both on top and on the left margins, not much, but just a bit. Fantastic wing spread here.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on June 30, 2016 at 5:28 PM

Really nice job with the post to add canvas aspect ratio, Dennis. We should all take another look on the 4th of July devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 1, 2016 at 2:45 PM

Nice framing job. Wish the mountain was a little sharper. But a very nice job on the eagle itself.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 7, 2016 at 9:44 PM

I really like this topside view of the feathers Dennis. I also like the clouds in the BG.

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