Another Bald Eagle...

[Dan O'Leary]

Based on the crits received on my previous BE post (here: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2540), I wanted to try another.

Same subject at Viera Wetlands. The sun was going in and out of clouds and this image was captured in softer light than my original post.

2008:01:12 08:52:10
1dm3 @ 1000mm (500 + 2.0x)
1/250 sec, f/10, Av, Eval +1 2/3, ISO 500

[Gautam Biswas]

Hi Dan, The image is very nice. well exposed and sharp. I would think the image would have done better with cropping off a bit from the right of the frame and a bit more above the head.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The lighting looks better in this one. Nice details and look back pose, too. I would add some space top and right. I was not there but the color temperature looks low for a sunny day.

[Sid Garige]

Dan,

I do agree with little bit of WB issue. Sky is kind of iffy.

[Dan O'Leary]

Thank you for the feedback. There is plenty of room in the original to try some cropping variations, so I'll do that.

Regarding the sky color - it was a very overcast day so the original background is light grey. In my other image the sun had poked it's head out for a moment but that was the exception. For this image I did some hue and saturation changes to get a more pleasing background. In particular, I was trying to preserve the lighter tones across the middle band of the image, which get a bit lost in this sRGB crop. Maybe I went too far?