During 1 day I was fortunate enough to work with this beautiful golden eagle individual. As I was trying out some shots from a wider angle with a predator/prey perspective (using a dead rabbit which was picked up at a local butcher). This eagle did something completely unexpected, it started to defend its prey screaming out loud, which resulted in this shot! I have several shots with a headturn towards the camera but this seemed more intersting with him looking/screaming into the distance focussing some attention at the environment as well. Taken under controlled conditions.
C & C welcome
Canon EOS 30D 1/160 f8 Manual
ISO 400
Canon 18-35 EFS f3.5-5.6
Focal Length18mm
Handheld
p.s. we let it eat its meal after a moment or two :D
Last edited by Krijn Trimbos; 09-03-2008 at 01:42 PM.
This is a very interesting image. I realized how much I liked the image when I noticed I had been looking at it for a few minutes, taking in the different subjects and areas of interest. I love the action of the eagle and the background is perfect and gives it a national geographic feel.. to me, its a very professional shot.
I agree with the others comments, unique persepective. A well seen image Krijn. I reposted a version with the sky and BG hills made more dramatic using a curves adjustment to darken the image, mask out bird and FG with black. BG hills maaked at 25% gray and the the blending mode changed to darken. A minor tweak to be sure but with the eagle facing that direction it seems to balance it more.
Golden Eagle display
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