Portrait for the juvenile bald eagle

[arash_hazeghi]

Got this porter for the juvenile bald eagle with my friend Henrik Nilson in Vanocuver, BC.



shot with Canon 1D-X and 300 f/2.8 II + 2X III. ISO 3200, f/5.6 at 1/640sec hand held. Processed with DPP 4. Hope you like it

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Majestic portrait of this royal bird Arash. Spectacular detail and perfectly exposed. Worth framing and hanging on the wall of a museum!

[keith mitchell]

Top detailed shot ,pin sharp, faultless.

Keith.

[Randy Stout]

Arash:

Imperious pose for sure, carrying it off well despite being wet. Sharp, with high impact from tight framing.

How much do you feel limited by not having your 600? I know the reason you went with the 300, but just curious how quickly you adapt to the change?

Cheers

Randy

[John Robinson]

Good close up Arash
I would have gone for a closer head crop maybe.
Nice as is though.
JohnR

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hey Arash , very nice solid portrait !!! .

This looks way better in terms IQ and surface detail than the previous eagle where i said you have the surface detail too smooth rendered !!!!
Very nice processed with excellent tonal range brought out and very good clarity .

A very good job in PP on this one .

TFS Andreas

This does not have the smudgie look of the other one .

[arash_hazeghi]

Hey Arash , very nice solid portrait !!! .

This looks way better in terms IQ and surface detail than the previous eagle where i said you have the surface detail too smooth rendered !!!!
Very nice processed with excellent tonal range brought out and very good clarity .

A very good job in PP on this one .

TFS Andreas

This does not have the smudgie look of the other one .

Hi Andreas,

The post processing was exactly the same as the other one. The difference is that this a juvenile eagle and that one was an adult eagle, the chest feathers are also different compared to dorsal feathers. So it had nothing to do with processing, if anything this one used L=5 and was also lifted in post by ~ 0.8EV.

Thanks,

Arash

[arash_hazeghi]

Arash:

Imperious pose for sure, carrying it off well despite being wet. Sharp, with high impact from tight framing.

How much do you feel limited by not having your 600? I know the reason you went with the 300, but just curious how quickly you adapt to the change?

Cheers

Randy

Hi Randy, Thanks!

I didn't feel much limitation, usually 600 f/4 is too much for eagles as they are huge. There were a few cases when I saw a short eared owl and wish I had more focal length. The 300 II + 2X TC III is as sharp as a prime lens and the focus is really fast with the 1DX too so I didn't miss anything in terms of quality.

best

[Bob Smith]

A fine portrait--every detail of each feather in focus----even though a youngster, we can see the fierceness in the eyes.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Arash even if processed with the same settings , in key areas like head, beak , eyes and the feather surface this frame looks better to me . As you know no image is like the other one .
I took both side by side into PS for better comparison .

Cheers Andreas

[David Salem]

Now that's a nice detailed portrait. Well done on all counts. Hope you had a good visit with your family.

[Dvir Barkay]

Very nice Arash, looks good.

[dankearl]

Details and exposure are perfect....
Since I have to critique, maybe a smidgen more above.....

[Daniel Cadieux]

Check out that thick neck! Quite a regal pose here, great details. I love the raised feathers on the head.

[Sandy Witvoet]

Juve Eagles surely show the same (or more!) fierceness as the adults! Beautifully captured. (and also looks like he has recently had at least a bit of lunch!) I do like how the bottom (upper portion) of wings is well-balanced....kind of doing a scroll-down crop... maybe a bit less would be ok too... pulled my eye back to the Eagle's head then. Totally Regal on all counts tho!

[Loi Nguyen]

Arash, beautiful portrait. I see what you meant when you said the IQ of the 300f2.8 II + 2.0X is the same as the 600f4 II + 1.4X. TFS. Loi

[Mike Poole]

Great details and a very proud pose. Superb IQ from the setup - has me considering now whether I would have been better off with this setup rather than the 500 f4 is (V1) and 1.4x converter I bought last year...

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks everyone!