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magic pose,sharp with good detail,the rocks in the BG catch my eye,but still a nice capture.well done.
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Real nice one Gail. I wonder about cropping off the bottom, just to where
the darker blue kicks in.
Doug
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Wonderful post, the intense look and talons forward tells a story that could have many endings. Nice capture Gail.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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Great pose, excellent IQ, Gail. I was wondering of cloning out the OOF rock from the top. It could make the image more powerful, more clean.
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Another vote for eliminating the rocks in the BG.
A pretty intense look, even for Eagles……
The panning effect is perfect.
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Hi Gail, the BE certainly is sharp, and well exposed too. I like the extended legs showing those fierce talons, and in a perfect world I wish the top part of the BG was ice. How we always strive for that perfect image each time.
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Excellent moment captured in beautiful environment with lovely lights. Love he frame.
Great pose, nice HA, details and colors.
Regards,
Satish.
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Just wonderful Gail. You captured the full posture of an air brake. Love the expression and intensity in the Eagles eye.
Geoffrey
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Amazing detail lovely action. I wonder if you did much work on the eye? I only ask because it is so well delineated. ( I am probably just envious!)
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Wow, what for a great pose. Love the fixed stare, the talons and wing position. Nice BG and FG. Wonderful !!!
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Originally Posted by
Jonathan Ashton
Amazing detail lovely action. I wonder if you did much work on the eye? I only ask because it is so well delineated. ( I am probably just envious!)
Hi Jonathan,
No, I did not do any eyework! I got lucky that the nictitating membrane was fully retracted,
Gail
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Beautiful capture Gail...I would eliminate the rocks in the background too to focus all of our attention on this great incoming pose. Very nice work!!!
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Great pose, sharpness, exposure, details and view of the talons. Another vote for eliminating the OOF rocks. Very well done Gail!
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You know how I love included habitat. But after giving this a few looks, I'm torn about those rocks. They don't add much, and the pose is so wonderful that not much else is needed to pull this one together, but to eliminate them puts the bird really close to the top. Very undecided!
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Gail - another outstanding eagle shot with a dynamic incoming pose. Your panning worked well. I don't mind the rocks but it would probably look better without them.
TFS,
Rachel
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Ooh this is awesome I love it just the way it is. If you cropped out the rocks you wouldn't have enough room above the bird I think.
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Outstanding. I love the picture, and Geoffrey's comment about the 'air brake' in my opinion describes this image perfectly. very quickly removed the rocks with content aware and cropped off some of the bottom of the image.
Last edited by Dave Spates; 02-25-2014 at 10:49 PM.
Reason: insert crop
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Thank you all for your great advice.
David,
Thank you for taking the time to redo the image. I agree it looks better without the rocks.
Gail
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What a killer pose! Love the concentrated stare and the wing and feet positions. Exposure and details look great as usual and I like the good look at the wide open eye. The repost is better IMO. Awesome capture Gail
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Amazing pose and excellent comp, Gail. RP looks great, but I honestly didn't mind the rocks at all - they gave a nice sense of place I thought. I could go either way.
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I like the intensity of talons and dynamic pose, the repost with removed distractions gets my vote
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This image rocks, Gail, with or without the rocks. It's 2 completely different images and I like them both very much. There is an intensity to this image.