Juvenile Bald Eagle

[Ralph R. Roberts]

A recent attempt at BIF

Canon EOS 5D
Tv mode @ 1/2000
Av 7.1
Spot Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF600mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length 600 mm
Applied additional sharpening and cropping (large crop) in Photoshop CS.

Comments appreciated.

[Todd Frost]

Very nice image. Fish is a bonus. It looks a little flat so I did a few things, hope you don't mind. Will remove if you want. Levels, selective saturation (mainly beak/eye area and feet/fish), slight boost in contrast on eagle. See what you think. TFS
Todd

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful pose and nice BG. you did very well with exposure and IQ is still good despite the crop. Agree it can benefit from sat. boost.

[Hendri Venter]

Very good flight image. I like the angle towards you and the catch a nice bonus.

[david cramer]

Nice angle and eye contact, and the fish is a plus. Repost is an improvement. While I love the bird, I find the bg harsh, and would suggest trying to tone it down.

[Roger Williams]

Nice capture, Ralph. I agree that the repost is an improvement and with the suggestion for toning down the background. Perhaps a BDR eagle?

[Ralph R. Roberts]

All, thanks for your comments. Todd, thanks for the repost, it is a definite improvement.
Perhaps a BDR eagle? Yes Roger, this was taken at BDR (Black Dog Road) two weeks ago. I am hoping to visit Lock & Dam #18 in Illinois where I here there are many more eagles.
Regards,
Ralph R Roberts.

[Jerry Barnett]

http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/missriver/Eagle%20Watching/Eagle%20Count%202010.htm

The above is a site that gives the eagle counts for the Lock & Dams of the upper Mississippi River.
Last week not many were counted at Lock & Dam 18.

As you may know, the number of eagles at Black Dog has gone down this past week. The sub-zero weather may have moved some of them.