Bald Eagle Screaming, Homer, Alaska

[Jim Coda]

Canon 500mm f/4 L IS lens and 20D body. ISO 200. Evaluative metering at zero; 1/250 sec. at f/13 in Program mode. Fill flash with Better Beamer.

I hope the hundreds of eagles that came to Jean Keene's place every day are doing OK now without her.

C & C welcomed.

Jim Coda
www.jimcoda.com

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Liked the way you composed this shot. The placement of head is right where it should be. Beautiful BG and excellent sharpness to go with the spot-on exposure. Very well done. Looking forward to seeing more from you Jim.

[Mike Kuran]

Hey Jim awesome shot! Love the composition and back ground! Well done! I just checked out your web page as well and you many impressive shots!!!

Mike K

[Ilija Dukovski]

I'm trying to think what is it that I LOVE about this image,
and it must be the flash usage. You've got an excellent exp
in a very difficult situation (it seems that the bird is back-lit right?).
Can you tell us the flash setting?
Prefect HA, and a screaming eagle of course make it even better.
Congrats!

[Arthur Morris]

Sweet use of flash and a great head angle and calling pose. And a nice even exposure.

What year? Were you with a group or on your own?

[Sid Garige]

excellent timing and exposure Jim. Fantastic image.

[Jim Coda]

Hi All,

Thanks for all your comments. Artie, it was March of 2007. I went up there on my own. Ilija, yes, I think the bird was back-lit. As for flash setting, I checked my exif data and was surprised to see no indication of flash exposure compensation. I'm pretty sure I was somewhere between -1 and -2.

Jim Coda
www.jimcoda.com

[Albert Froneman]

Well done here Jim, perfect composition and the exposure with fill flash professionally handled! The high depth of field worked well for you here.

[Asif Khan]

SUPER SHOT Jim ! I love it ...its a picture one would fall in love at first glance...i love the composition, the BG..in fact everything. Very well done.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Jim. Those were the good old days...

[Mike Lentz]

Fantastic head portrait! You dialed in the fill flash perfectly and that really helped show the details in the mouth area.