Bald Eagle

[John Mack]

Bald eagle with fish on the James river in Virginia. Eagle was baited in with fish. Under exposed this one in camera by about two stops. Should of had a higher ISO and slower shutter speed.


Canon 5D MarkIII
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
531mm
ISO 800
f5.6
1/1500sec

[Bill Dix]

Very nice flight shot with great wing position and framed head. You even got the eye of the fish. Nice job correcting the underexposure. What NR software do you use?

[John Mack]

Hey bill, I just use Lightroom for noise reduction.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent dynamic pose taken to the top with the fish and the water drops, if mine I'd sharpen the eagle a bit more

TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice dynamic flight shot, the fish is a bonus. As Arash suggested, a little more sharpening on the bird would improve the image. Also 1/1500 for birds in flight is a low shutter speed, a higher shutter speed and ISO would be better with the correct or slightly over exposure. Thank you for sharing, John.

[William Dickson]

Well done John. Great action shot captured nicely. I would like to see some more room around the bird

Will

[Mike Hitchen]

A great shot! The shape of the wings make an excellent triangle leading you towards the fish. I agree with Arash to sharpen the eagle a bit more, but I would also drop the highlights on the fish (and tail feathers) a bit because it seems to get lost a bit against the bright background.

[David Salem]

Killer frame!! Besides a little more sharpening, this looks great!! Well captured