Bald Eagle

[Doug Brown]

Photographed in the winter of 2008 but only recently processed. The BG is some snow-covered mountains.

http://birdwhisperer.smugmug.com/Animals/Birds/BPN/20080206-A4K1563-Bald-Eagle/690794291_WrYPs-O-1.jpg

Canon 1D Mark III, 500mm + 1.4x, f/13, 1/1600, ISO 800, manual exposure, tripod

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

really a beautiful pose/eye contact....nice bg and wing position too!

[Brian Barcelos]

Doug, love the wing position and the fact that you can clearly see his head even though its in front of his wing. Probably better that way as the BG matches his head too closely? Love his concentrated stare but wished his tail was more visible. Congrats

[Ben Egbert]

Fantastic Doug. I have done hundreds of eagle and know how hard it is to get a good exposure that has dark detail without blowing the whites.

Great HA, eye contact. The head against the wing avoids having it blend with the snow background.

I also like the wing position. Undersides are nearly always too dark but your light angle worked well for the far wing.

[Danny Laredo]

Super flight image. Love the intinsity and pose captured.
I find the BG a bit too bright for my taste.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, great flight angle, and just love the show of the extended near wing. The head stands out nicely against the far underwing, and overall, good exposure. Well captured.

[denise ippolito]

Doug, Really nice Eagle flight shot. I love the snow BG. I like the framing.

[Bill Dix]

Great shot! Fabulous head position against the wing, and excellent exposure and detail. Nicely done.

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful shot, love the eagle against its natural habitat, wing position is good too. TFS

[Doug Brown]

NB: tripod ? :D

It was a moment of weakness!!! :D

[Harshad Barve]

stunner all the way , Killer wing and head pose , details , sharpness and BG
TFS

[John Blumenkamp]

Beautiful capture Doug... I really like the head offset against the wing with the snow covered foothills in the background... great stuff!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful image Sir, loved the eye contact and expo here.. the snow BG adds well to this, congrats..

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Fantastic moment Doug!

Love the eye and wings, I also am a bit puzzled about you using a tripod?

[David Fletcher]

Wonderful shot Doug. Lovely flight pose and the head position perfect.