White-tailed eagle

[Giulio Zanni]

Olympus E-3, 300mm + 2x

Giulio

[Bogdan Coltea]

I like very much the pose and the eye contact. But I'd love to see more detail in the shadowed plumage and more room at the top.
Maybe a vertical composition is in order.
Are you sure about the ID ? (it looks more like a buzzard to me, Buteo buteo)

[Daniel Stenberg]

Yes, this is a Common Buzzard. I would go for a vertical like Bogdans suggestion.

// Daniel

[Giulio Zanni]

Yes, I posted the wrong one, here it is

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I agree that the original would look better as vertical with more space and maybe some S/H or curves applied.

The eagle in the second looks quite impressive. I would put him a tad higher in the frame to give it room for the 'virtual legs' and increase contrast a few points.

[Robert O'Toole]

On the first, as Axel mentions vertical would look great.

On the second, which I prefer, the pose and low angle are perfect for me. I would run an S curve for some additional pop.

Robert