Bald eagle

[gail bisson]

Canon 1D MK IV.Decided to leave the 1DX at home yesterday and make sure the 1D MKIV was still working well.
100-400mm lens
F8 at 1/2500 ISO 800
I like this one because of the pretty sky. Brought in by throwing fish heads onto the ice in the harbour.
Crop: Full frame vertical crop from horizontal. NR to BG, levels. increased saturation of BG by +7, DE to eagle at 3%, USM to JPEG
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Looks like that "old" 1D IV is working just fine!

Great exposure to get detail in the dark and white feathers. I only wish the far wing was a bit more stretched, but there's not much you could do about it.

Miguel

[William Dickson]

Lovely image Gail. It gives the eagle a big feeling of presence in the sky.

[Karl Egressy]

As you said pretty sky and very nice pose, Gail. The beak might need some darkening.

[Ashleigh Scully]

Hi I like the composition and the pose. The stripy blue background in the sky is really cool too. Great job :)

[Grace Scalzo]

Nice bird, but that sky is special and a perfect background for him. Love the pose. Could see it with a tiny bit more at the top.

[Randall Farhy]

Gail, another great image. The sky is unique and sets this one off nicely. I too would like for just a little more room on top. Well done.

[Greg Oakley]

Awesome image Gail! What a sensational flight pose and super BG

[Gabriela Plesea]

What an awesome subject to photograph, Gail! Love your processing and presentation, beautiful colours, great IQ, congratulations!

Kind regards,

[Frank Schauf]

Great light and flight pose.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful light beautiful pose beautiful bird, a really enjoyable image to view.

[Bill Dix]

Another great flight shot; love the dangling feet. The sky really makes it for me.

[Martin Dunn]

Lovely shot of a bald eagle in fligth Gail.
the range of colours on the plumage is captured very well and the sky is a great BG.
I'm not the first to say it but bit more room at the top would be nice.

[Raybel Robles]

Beautiful image of my favorite species! The colors of the sky is superb for the image! I also agree that a little bit more room on the top would be perfect!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, great incoming angled pose, and your choice of comp works well. You nailed the overall exposure on the underwings, sharp, and the yellow feet and beak pop nicely against your sky BG. The clouds add a lot too.

Glad you got your 100-400 out, its produced a gem of an image. I havent touched my 100-400 since getting the 300 F/2.8. :w3

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice one Gail, beautiful bird nicely shown. In Florida I struggle with exposure of eagles, there is such a contrast between the head and the body, you handle it well.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Killer pose, and I love the sky bg. A bit more room on the top for me.

[Iain Barker]

Amazing image Gail. The exposure looks perfect and really show off the feather detail.

TFS
Iain

[arash_hazeghi]

great pose and details, I like the clouds in the BG which give the image more depth

[Mark Itol]

Love the pose, excellent detail, and very nice setting!