The Phoenix

Gallery: AvianPosted January 5, 2017180 views7 comments

The pose of this immature bald eagle reminds me of the mythological Phoenix. I captured this image as he flew down to the ice in an attempt to steal a fish from another eagle. I liked the feather detail on this guy and all the immature eagles. I noticed high numbers of immature eagles which, I think, is a good sign. Processed using Lightroom CC (2015) and Photoshop CC (2017) along with Light Craft's LightZone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 1DX Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f6.3
1/800s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 1000

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on January 5, 2017 at 1:23 PM

I like the pose and head turn. Unfortunately, there isn't a large version to provide a more detailed view.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 5, 2017 at 1:50 PM

Yeah, I screwed up on posting the larger version. Can someone tell me if it's possible to add one now?

Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 5, 2017 at 6:47 PM

A very interesting pose, Jerry. Nice detail in the plumage and it really shows well here. You should be able to add a larger version as a comment, Jerry. I've never been able to make it take the 1 MB/1600 pixel that it claims, but I can get it to take a 500K/1200 pixel image in a comment. It shows as a 720 pixel image, but when you click on it it will open up to 1200.
devil

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

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 5, 2017 at 7:10 PM

Great pose and nice detail. I love rear poses where one can see the feather convergence and fine detail.
Really nice image!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 5, 2017 at 7:13 PM

Hope this posts as a large image if you click on it.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on January 5, 2017 at 8:02 PM

Really nice rear view of this Eagle Jerry. The wing spread is priceless and the cold habitat adds a lot too imo. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on January 6, 2017 at 3:00 AM

Looks like a real show-off here. That's quite a wingspan! A nice job on the exposure in this shot, especially considering the very bright background. Too bad you missed the large version. I would like to see it.

Registered on February 4, 2006, 625 Posts, 3583 Comments