Juvenile Verreauxs"' Eagle

[Loukie Viljoen]

We were not a blessed as Chris we never saw the adults, but it is encouraging to see juveniles around .I am delighted that he/she came for Chris it has been on his wanted list for a long time


Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:08:19 11:09:22
Shutter speed: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 640
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +2.0x
Focal length: 1000mm
AF mode: AI Servo AF
White balance: Auto

[Tony Whitehead]

Great shot Loukie, light looks nice and soft and has keep good detail in the lights and darks. Looks as though he/she has had a good feed with that full crop

[Markus Jais]

great shot. beautiful light and perfect composition. I like the head angle and the stone on which the bird is sitting.

Markus

[Juan Aragonés]

Fanastic pose, perch, angle and light with a very pleasant BG. Love the eye contact. Too bad that the eye is almost covered by the nictitant membrane.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great angle, light and eye contact. I might remove the darker part of the BG in the upper right and sharpen differently as the blacks look a bit noisy. Too bad the nictitating membrane is partially covering the eye. Do you have a frame where the eye is better visible?

[Loukie Viljoen]

I just beg to differ from the learned gentlemen, but I have may shots of this bird but in my opinion in this bird this is what I regard as a nictitating membrane, I may be wrong.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely posture and light Loukie, indeed, I was happy to the get the species this time round. I think the nictitating membrane has just started to move across when you took the photo?

[Loukie Viljoen]

Apologies to the learned Gents/Ladies, Chris pointed out what the problem was in the front corner of the eye I took the image and worked on the eye a bit, does this look better, regrds

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The eye looks great now but there is less detail in the blacks.

[Loukie Viljoen]

Axel I only concentrated on the eye, from ACR I went to CS3 and only worked on the eye, I will later take one with a good eye and take my time I just wanted to show a better eye, doing noise red. on feathers blows everything so I avoid it if possible.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful bird Loukie with a lovely perch and a superb low angle. The eye is better in the repost but Axel was right that there was a loss of detail in the blacks. Love seeing your images and always look forward to your next. Thanks for sharing.

[Alexander Koenders]

I like the bird as it was Loukie:)

[Tony Whitehead]

Eye looks much better Loukie. Maybe the intial one had a slight Shadow/Highlight adjustment in PS after ACR

[Linda Robbins]

Gorgeous image. Beautiful pose, perch and sharp detail. The eye looks much better in the repost, but I do see the loss of detail in the blacks in the repost. I might also consider toning down or eliminating the oof blue in the upper right corner of the bg. Wonderful capture.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Repost is just outstanding!!! I love thisw shot, very neat! Congratulations!

[Robert O'Toole]

Excellent Loukie, the repost looks just great. The details and the soft BG are just amazing.

Robert