Mississippi River Eagle

[andrewhuxman]

Captured this a couple weeks back. Thank you for looking

40D-500MM
1/1250th
F 6.3
ISO 320
AV Mode
Center Weighted Metering

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t47/ahuxman58/IMG_2446.jpg

[Robert Amoruso]

Andrew,

You did good capturing the action and the look of the water is a nice contast with the eagle.

The tail feathers appear clipped (overexposed) and the bird is just past you best photographing position - he is starting to fly away from you. The shadow on the face is also not preferable.

A reverse s-curve (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20434) can help to tame the contrast.

[Bob Malbon]

That isa nice capture and with a bit of help from Robert it will look good on you wall! Bob

[andrewhuxman]

Thank you both for your comments. They are very much appreciated. Thats an awesome tutorial.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi,

You did well with the panning. Shame on the light but this could have been amazing in the right light!

[Juan Aragonés]

Too bad that the light was not better becuase the timing is fantastic. The extended taloons and wings, the semiopened bill and the BG made this image IMO. I think that you could remove the bluish cast in the whites of the head and you will have a better result. Keep them coming