Diving Bald Eagle

[Doug Brown]

Hi everyone. It's been a busy photographic month for me; 2 weeks in Costa Rica followed by a week in Alaska with Alan Murphy's Bald Eagle workshop. Since the workshop participants have been doing such a great job posting images from Costa Rica, I decided to go with a Bald Eagle from Homer. The 1Dx performed flawlessly in both Costa Rica and Alaska. The AF was astonishingly good for flying eagles; far and away the best autofocusing body Canon has ever made.

Canon 1Dx, 300mm f/2.8, f/5, 1/4000, ISO 400 (a luxury, because most of my time was spent at ISO 1600 and higher due to low light conditions), manual exposure, hand held

[vishaljadhav]

Wonderful flight here, the wing spread is full and shows amazing details , the head is so lovely and shows full strength of a eagle
Love it.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent wing position, IQ, light & top side view. Amazing details in blacks & whites.

[christopher galeski]

what a fantastic image,detail sharpness pose and BG,pure magic.well done, this image as the lot.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome image Doug, great exposure, nice wing position, HA and eye contact.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, excellent exposure, and I do like the flight pose with the forward wing posiion. Good DOF from wing tip to wing tip, and overall, the sharpness is spot on. Although against a darker BG, the eagle still stands out well enough.

Looks like you had a productive month.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Doug. Amazing sharpness and very nice detail in both blacks and whites! Also good comp and background. Excellent work!

[Don Nelson]

Excellent image, as always. I like the angle of flight on this one.
Doug, did you give any thought to lightening the background to give a little more separation, particularly at the (bird's) right P5-P7?
Sounds like a really productive month for you.

[Melissa Groo]

Fantastic and powerful pose, and I love the way the head and tail jump out at you due to how it blends in with the background. The details in those brown feathers is awesome.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer pose and comp here, Doug. Exposure, details and sharpness are just spot on.

[jack williamson]

The wing position, exposure, and detail are simply amazing.

[David Salem]

Fantastic Eagle shot. Ditto the others on the great techs and the killer details. Beautiful pose and HA too. Well done

[Shawn Zierman]

Brilliant topside view of the eagle with a sweet mottled background!

[Bill Holsten]

Excellent image Doug. I agree with the others on shooting details. Also, you have framed it well with just the right amount of canvas. Have you thawed out yet?

[Daniel Cadieux]

That's just awesome man. The yellow bill pops nicely, and the BG is very nice. I do wish the tail feathers were not angled down as much as they are. You've really had quite a productive winter!!

[Satish Ranadive]

Doug Sir:
Absolutely superb flight pose with symmetrical wing position you have captured.
Love the details,colors,fanned white tail,very nice complimentary BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

Great pose and wing spread combined with oof background. One of the rare opportunities with some decent light. Was nice to see you again.

[Doug Brown]

Great pose and wing spread combined with oof background. One of the rare opportunities with some decent light. Was nice to see you again.

Enjoyed the reunion Clemens! Thanks everyone for the comments!