A Picture-Perfect Strike

[Doug Brown]

From Alan Murphy's Alaska workshop (that produced one of this year's Nature's Best award winners).

Canon 1Dx, 300mm f/2.8, f/5.6, 1/2500, ISO 1600, manual exposure, hand held, baited

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, excellent timing from you and the BE. Love the powerful forward motion of the BE, extended wings, and the trailing water from the grabbing of the fish really looks great. Exposure and sharpness couldnt be better. Very well captured.

[shane shacaluga]

Amazing shot!!!

[Ken Hadfield]

Cracking capture. Well exposed and beautifully caught at exactly the right moment. Well done!

[Jonathan Ashton]

That'll do for me Doug, its a superb, great action colours and pose and a non intrusive background.

[Martin Dunn]

Great capture Doug.
The whole image works well for me with excellent detail throughout and super rendition of the varied plumage.
Awesome timing too.

[Rachel Hollander]

Absolutely perfect. What a dynamic image. Big congrats on this one Doug!

TFS,
Rachel

[Loi Nguyen]

Perfect strike indeed! 300mm! That must be very close. Loi

[David Salem]

What a great pose you captured and the wing extension is killer.
The exposure and details look perfect. Nice that the fish is visable too. Very nice Doug! !

[Bill Dix]

Perfect timing, and great dynamic flight position and composition. Not to mention the excellent techs. Thanks for sharing this beauty.

[Andrew Merwin]

Both you & the eagle had perfect timing. Really like the splash. The eagle looks a bit scruffy, but I like the grunge look here.

[Don Railton]

Perfect...

[arash_hazeghi]

that's a perfect strike Doug!

[Marina Scarr]

This is one of the best grab shots that I have seen Doug. The wing extension on the eagle is just perfect as are the details in the feathers. Your subject is just popping right off the screen it's been so well exposed and processed.

[Steve Kaluski]

Doesn't get much better Doug, nice work.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Super cool. Love that rail of water and grasp on the fish

[Shawn Zierman]

Your title fits perfectly, and I would only echo the praise offered so far. The tail of the fish is looking pretty rough :) How long are the fish dead before they get chucked?

[Carl Walker]

Very well captured Doug. Splendid image

[Doug Brown]

Appreciate the comments everyone!

[gail bisson]

Great shot Doug! My Cape Breton eagles and I are feeling a bit threatened here!!
Love the splash and the wing position. IQ excellent as always.
perfect POV. I love the coloration and roughed up tail of this juvie.
gail