Avian Image of the Week for the week ending January 18th, 2013: Gail Bisson - Bald Eagle - juvie

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congratulations Gail!

Canon 1D MKIV
F 600mm II
ISO 400
SS 1/2000
F7.1
Cropped by 30% so 70% full frame. HH
I have been trying to get this classic eagle pose for a while now. I am even happier that it is with a juvie because I prefer them to the adults. They are much prettier IMHO with their variety of colors and are more skittish than the adults so harder to get close to. It takes 5 years for the head to become fully white so he/she is probably closer to 4 years old.
PP :crop, levels and USM.
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated.
Gail

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Gail. Congratulations!

[Grace Scalzo]

Congrats, Gail!

[Mark Jones]

Wonderful image. Congratulations!

[Marina Scarr]

Spectacular flight image, Gail. Well deserved.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

This one had IOTW written all over it. Well done Gail. Congrats.

[Stu Bowie]

Big Congrats Gail. A well deserved image.

[Melissa Groo]

I knew the second I first saw this it should be IOTW. Congrats Gail. This one just plain rocks.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent shot Gail! Congrats :)

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Excellent image Gail, well deserved.

[Robert Holguin]

Stunning image!!!
Congrats.

[David Salem]

Wow Gail. I must have been out of town because I missed this killer image on the forum. Well deserved and one of the best eagle shots I have seen here!!

[gail bisson]

Thank you all for the comments,
Gail

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful diving pose Gail! Congrats on IOTW!