White-tailed Eagle rising with fish

[Gerald Kelberg]

This White-tailed Eagle image was made last May during a too brief trip in Norway with the amazing Ole-Martin Dahle. He had just taken the bait and made a spectacular flypast.


Canon 1DMkIV, EF 200-400 @ 320mm
f/5.6 at 1/1600 sec, ISO 800 Hand held
DPP 3 and PS5. Had to rebuild part of the background after straightening. Adjusted Levels and luminosity masks on Curves.

Thanks for your comments and suggestions.

Gerald

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Gorgeous image. Like the nice angle and the prey item. Nice light and details too.

[William Dickson]

Beautiful image Gerald. The POV is great. as are the feather details. Nice HA. The bird goes well with the BG and you can just about see the fish shaking its tail :S3: Great Work

[David Salem]

Really nice banking pose with the fish and I really like the purple and green BG colors. The techs and details look great too. Very nice frame Gerald!!

[Mike Hitchen]

An almost perfect pose for me and I like the mottled colours in the background.
The only minor comment is whether you could tone down the highlights in the top of the head a wee bit to give some richness to the colours and recover highlights in the tail feathers for some more detail.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gerald, well timed to capture the action. Great banking angle showing off the full wingspread, and you have exposed the underwing feather detail nicely. Love the trailing droplets.

[Robert vanMierop]

Regal. Nice angle and of course, droplets rule.

[sasan nejadi]

nice shot

[Arthur Morris]

nice shot


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