Bald Eagle topside.

[dankearl]

Well the cutoff eagle was not a big hit....
Here is the full bird.
D500, 1/2000, f5, 500mm (300 w/ 1.7), iso5000
DSC_5770tk.jpg

[John Mack]

The dorsal view is great. The vertical framing works very well. Really like the dark background. Slight head turn towards you would have been great.

[annmpacheco]

Hi Dan, topside looks real good and i also like the black BG. Also wish for a pose with a better HA, but this is a keeper for now! There are some very dark green ?artifacts? below the side tail and also a triangular notch on the wing feather, any idea what that is? TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Much better indeed! Sharp, and retains the great mood. I get the impression there is some cloning around the primaries?

[dankearl]

Thanks for the comments.. nothing cloned at all.
BG was very dark fir trees which I just darkened completely except
I did not darken enough to completely darken a couple of areas...
Just a bit careless in processing. The Eagle was perfect...
DSC_5770tk3.jpg

[gail bisson]

So much better than the last one.
Great topside view. Very sharp.
Just a bit more of a head turn would have been killer.
Black BG looks great.
Gail

[Matt Sutherland]

Oh, yeah! You were just teasing us with that previous frame. Did you feel the background was distracting enough to want to darken it all? I'd be curious to see it.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice top side view and stands out nicely against the dark BG, agree a small head turn would have been killer

TFS

[Mike Poole]

All been said already, nice work Dan

Mike

[Bill Dix]

Terrific dorsal view with good detail, pops against the dark bg. Slightly more head turn would have been icing on the cake.

[Dorian Anderson]

Exposure and detail are perfect, but the 'blackground' looks really unnatural to me. Our eyes would inevitably see something behind the bird were it no so heavily manipulated. Though a fine/striking effort, this is more digital
art than a representative photograph for me.

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto. Arash but still quite a wonderful image. I love the dark mood of this. one. And that the whole bird made it into the frame. Great dorsal view. Was this a vertical original|?

with love, artie