Bald eagle and Salmon Head

[gail bisson]

Shot this lovely raptor on the weekend. Baited with salmon.
Sunny day but the sun went behind the clouds as I was tracking this guy.
1DX, 600mm II
ISO 800
F 5.0
SS 1/1600
Crop from Horizontal and a sliver of canvas added up top.
PP: crop, NR to BG, levels, increased saturation by +5, DE at 3%.
Would have loved a bit of head turn but he was intent on taking this across the water to a favorite perch.
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail

[John Robinson]

HI gail
Difficult one to crop I reckon. Would be nice to get the head a bit farther right so as flying "into" the shot. Landscape may be ok ?.
No big deal anyway- great picture.
JR

[Doug Brown]

Good sharpness. I like that the body is superimposed cleanly on the shore. I do wish the head was angled towards us, and the far wing position could be better.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, details and exposure. I agree with Doug's comment on wing position and HA. Nice image Gail and look forward to seeing more.

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Gail, excellent details and sharpness. I can see the details in the individual dark feathers, so very well exposed. The BG is a bit distracting, but there is not much you can do about it. Loi

[arash_hazeghi]

nice exposure and details, wish we could see the far wing

[dankearl]

Sharp and a great eye level shot, Gail.
I think the BG is superb. When a natural BG with features is considered "distracting",
then bird photography is dead to me.
Excellent photo......

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Hi Gail, stunning sharp detail you managed to get and catch is a bonus. I would have also preferred seeing the far wing but still works nicely as is, nicely done.

[shane shacaluga]

I really like that wing stretched high into the high-key sky. Lovely details on the plumage and the salmon head is a big bonus

TFS

[gail bisson]

Thanks all for your thought and comments.
Gail

[Alan Murphy]

The open mouth of the fish make the shot for me. Nice wing position.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, great view of the near wing, and Im fine that the other wing is not visible ( apart from the tiny bit below ). Well exposed and sharp, and the his catch a bonus.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot I like the pose and the super detail, the out of focus background sets it off very nicely.

[David Salem]

Nice capture Gail and lucky that the Salmon head is facing the right way,the open mouth looks cool. The exposure and detail looks nice and I personally like the BG, especially the trees. Well done.