Are You Talkin To Me?

CANON EOS 5D 100-400 L LENS AT 400MM
ISO 200 F 7.1 1/400TH +.33 EXP

Left the out of focus tree branch on the left dont know if I should have or not but I liked the look.

Handheld shooting from a boat at Minaki Canada - Rough Rock Lodge.

Hi Dale.
A few pointers on your capture...The eagle is out of focus, fuzzy looking...:eek: I would suggest cloning out the oof branches coming up from the bottom of your frame, and the one to the left of your subject. In addition you might want to off center your eagle, he is too centered for my taste. I also see noise in the background... :cool:

Hi Dale. I think a vertical crop might work better here. I agree about removing the OOF stuff. You got good detail in both the darks and the lights. However, the image could be sharper. You used ISO 200 on a 5D; pushing your ISO to 400 or 800 (no problem on a 5D) would have allowed you to use a faster shutter speed and a smaller aperture. A faster shutter speed is always a good thing on a rocking boat. And the 100-400 gives the sharpest results wih f/8 to f/10. Thanks for posting.

thanks for comments I have a lot to learn but vow to keep trying. thanks again

I like the direct eye contact and exposure control and agree that a vertical crop, sharpening and cloning out of the OOF branches would improve the image a lot. Keep them coming!

Nits covered. It's always great to see an eagle this close and personal. It must have been exciting.

The above comments right on. Couldn't resist playing around with this one some just to see what I could come up with. Here's an alternate version that might work better. I really like the pose of the eagle .. classic.

Leroy - Thanks so much for your "playing around" with the photo. You certainly improved the output and you have inspired me to think and work a little harder on the photo before I send. I should put all those Scott Kelby photoshop lessons to better use. Thanks again. Dale