Bald eagle on ice flow

[gail bisson]

Another bald eagle from this winter. I was on the shore taking pictures of long-tailed ducks when he landed on the ice. Lucky me!
Canon 7D
100-400mm lens at 400mm
Manual F 6.3
SS 1/1600
cropped by 20% all around
As always, I love critiques and comments.

[Duane Noblick]

Love the raised wings and the underwing detail (I'm sure the ice/snow helped with this). Great setting...right place, right time.

[Marina Scarr]

You did very well with your exposure here and good details under the wings. Love the wing position and good angle on the BE. Love how the ice really helps to tell a story here.

[Brendan Dozier]

Beautiful eagle and capture, Gail! I agree, very nice job with exposure, nice pose and detail. What a pleasant surprise visitor, and way to take advantage of the moment.

[Sid Garige]

Excellent image Gail. Very nice exposure control.
I am a big fan of NIK filters Tonal contrast and it is quite amazing how much details it can bring out of show. I ran it quickly on your image and hope you dont mind.

[gail bisson]

Sid
I don't mind at all and thank you.! Your Nik filter makes the image pop a bit more! I will have to learn how to use it once I have learned Cs5 a bit better.
I did no PP on this picture except for cropping and sharpening.
Gail

[noelle zaleski]

Gail, very nice image!!

The details Sid brought out with the filters are excellent.

Did you see any long-tailed ducks that day?

[christopher galeski]

Gail ,good image,pose and feather detail good,nice exposure,Sid's repost with the NIK FILTER,what ever a NIK FILTER is,would love to know,have improved the already good details to brilliant.thanks.

[gail bisson]

Gail, very nice image!!

The details Sid brought out with the filters are excellent.

Did you see any long-tailed ducks that day?
Yes, I did. I will have to post some of them one of these days!
Gail

[Sid Garige]

Sid's repost with the NIK FILTER,what ever a NIK FILTER is,would love to know,have improved the already good details to brilliant.thanks.

Christopher,

Here is a link to NIK Filters Color Efex Pro 3.0.
http://www.niksoftware.com/colorefexpro/usa/entry.php?
This is a filter suite and I used tonal contrast filter (my favorite) which helps in selectively adjusting contrast in highlights/mid tones and shadows.

[Stu Bowie]

Gail, great timing to capture the wingspread on landing. Nicely placed in the frame, sharp, and I do like the unfamiliar enviroment this guy would normally find himself in. Sid's repost does put this up a notch.

[arash_hazeghi]

great shot repost with more sharpening is an improvement! great stuff

[christopher galeski]

thanks Sid,for the link.