Eagle Heading In!

[Richard Stern]

One of the more co-operative birds at the Sheffield Mills Eagle Festival, Nova Scotia, last weekend. Most of the birds in the area just sat around in the trees all day.

D300, 300 f/4 AF-S +1.4TC.

ISO800, 1/2500, f/9.0

Horizontal crop from above, slight blur to bg.

Richard

[Gary Esman]

very nice! like the flying angle in the frame, tail flare and the head turn. Simply beautiful against the blue background.

Gary.

[Chris Korman]

Nice angle of the bird and the head turned towards you. I think the background is a little low contrast, especially w/ the quality of light on the bird.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent flight shot, love the pose and sharpness, there is a slight halo around the wings

[Colin Driscoll]

Excellent study of the bird. Your blur method has created a bit of noise in the bg and that halo Arash mentioned. Was it so bad that it needed blurring?

[Pieter de Waal]

Lovely incoming flight pose Richard, very sharp with great detail and eye contact, love the fanned tail. I like the BG as is but agree with some NR and would consider more room at the bottom.