SPANISH IMPERIAL EAGLE

[Alberto Alvarez]

Hello.

My first photo to BPN !!

I had authorisation to feed vultures in central spain, in order to make photos. After two years working, I decided to made a small hide near a big tree, wich usually eagles used at perch.

The light is only good for that tree in afternoon, so I had to wait the hole day. Some eagles take land during the morning, but the light did not came from the correct direction. Finally, this beauty eagle appeared.

Canon 7dMll
Tamron 150-600 VC USD
ISO 200
f: 7,1
1/1000

With a small crop, manual WB (usually I use a glass mirror hide, so I must make colors a little cold; in this case I do not use authomatic WB and I had to set it to 5.800 K)

[Mike Poole]

Hi Alberto, welcome to BPN

If this is the type of shot you can produce I hope you join is and show more of them.

Good choice to wait for the light, it has produced a nice shot here. I love the detail in the face, and the turn of the head is perfect. The background suite the shot well.

The only thing I'd change is to clone out the 2 lower twigs, I gave it a try here, but it could be done neater with more time.

Mike

[Daniel Cadieux]

Welcome to BPN Alberto! Fantastic first post, and your dedication in working that spot rewarded you with a beautiful image of this eagle. Well-balanced composition, great look-back pose, and a good BG. That bottom twig was my only concern, and Mike's repost addresses that (if you are comfortable with that type of editing).

Hope to see some more from you, and don't be shy to critique others' work too, all part of the BPN experience!

[Satish Ranadive]

Welcome to BPN Alberto!
Excellent image of great raptor with very nice HA, great lights, and superb color scheme. Superb composition.


Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

welcome to BPN, and what a great first post. I like the BG, the perch, and the nice HA. you had great light too. I would just sharpen him a bit more

TFS

[Jim Crosswell]

Nice image Alberto. I like the look back pose, curvy perch and BG. Welcome to BPN.

[David Salem]

Welcome to BPN. Very nice first post and I really like the pose the eagle is giving you. Nice colors and BG and yes to just a bit more sharpening, otherwise a great shot!