Bald Eagle

[John Hackney]

Captured just after take off.
Canon 7D Mark II
400mm
f/8
ISO 400
1/1000

Added canvas above and to left after cropping. Bird was captured in the upper right portion of the frame.

OK let's try this again

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[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi John, welcome to BPN! Your image link went wrong so I edited it out as it left a very long sort of coding as text. Here's a link you can read to help you post an image. Hope to see it soon!

http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/126297-Posting-Instructions-and-Guidelines

[John Hackney]

Thanks Daniel. I'll try it again.

[Daniel Cadieux]

It worked:S3:. I merged your post with the OP to give you the benefit of a thumbnail.

Neat pose here and I like the dangling talons. Was it feeding or in nest? The feathers on the nest have me curious about them. Light and light angle were tough, you did best you could with it but I do wish you had more frontal lighting.

[John Hackney]

It was feeding. I think it was either a rabbit or squirrel although I feel squirrel is most likely. There was very little left after it finished. I tried very conservative (for me) lifting of the shadows (25 in LR 5.7). I wished for more frontal lighting also.