Bald eagle and ice floes

[gail bisson]

1DMKIV
F 600mm II
ISO 400
Aperture 7.1
SS 1/2500
90% full frame as I had to rotate image.

Baited with fish and fish bits cloned out.
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail

[Satish Ranadive]

Gail:
Fabulous flight pose with forward legs,well spread talons and nice wing position captured.
Love the colors,HA,details and beautiful blue water in between ice.Very nice composition too.
I am not sure about it's reflection,but may be silver line off the bottom will not harm this lovely image.

Regards,
Satish.

[Nick Palmieri]

Awesome capture. Love the landing pose and you handled the whites very well. Love the environment. Nice one!

[Karl Egressy]

Great hunting pose and the icy environment makes it much more interesting, Gail.

[Travis Reid]

Fantastic pose, nice job with the whites in harsh light..

[Bill Dix]

Great approach pose, with the sun catching those feet just right. The ice floes really add to the image. Nicely done.

[Seppo Harmala]

Wonderful action shot presented in beautiful environment. Exposure and details are spot on. However, cloning out the fish makes the eagle look a bit stubid as he/she is trying to catch the prey that doesn't exist.

[Marina Scarr]

The light is spectacular as is the pose. Love seeing the ice and the water. The image seems to need some CW rotation. I might consider a version without the reflection although that might throw off the balance. I understand the point made above about removing the bait. In this case I imagine it wouldn't make sense to leave it in b/c I assume the bait was lying on the ice.

[vishaljadhav]

Wonderful exposure you have here on the classical pose

[Sachin Saraf]

Fantastic pose, light and exposure Gail...90% fulll frame is great...would love to see big version of this one..

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, fantastic incoming pose, and I feel you have nailed the overall exposure nicely. This is sharp, and I do like all the ice in the image. Im fine with both the reflection and rotation as is. Well captured.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Hi Gail,
Great image. Love the action captured and the sharp details and exposure. i too think just a bit off the bottom.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, exposure, setting and composition. I agree that removing the bait makes it look too unnatural.

[Raymond Lee]

Great capture! I think it's fine the way it is.

[arash_hazeghi]

great landing, good exposure and details

[Sandy Witvoet]

Spectacular! Although I don't know what the fish (lunch?) looked like, with a great environmental/action image like this, perhaps leave it in? Otherwise, it kinda looks like the Eagle is attacking the ice. With just water, may work well, and cropped a bit. (since the fish would probably be below the surface.) The "prey", Eagle-eye and talons out may provide an even better "story", or focal triangle. Totally love the detail and intensity!

[Brendon Cremer]

Lovely image the lack of Bait in the image doesn't bother me as the fish may be just beneath the surface of the water, i would look a taking a little off the top rather than the bottom, otherwise a stunning image well captured