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    Default Bald Eagle guarding his dinner

    Came across this fellow quite by accident. I was photographing a wonderful Crested Caracara, when suddenly this Bald Eagle came in and chased him off. I have several images in the series where the Bald Eagle had to *ahem* "explain" to the Caracara to stay away.

    Canon 1DsMII, EF600mm f/4, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/640, hand held (with IS mode 1) from a kneeling position about 25-30 feet away. This is nearly a full-frame crop (just a bit off the bottom and left).

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    Hard to improve on this one, nice work. One suggestion, maybe putting the bird further to the right, putting the negative space by the tail. Hard to do when this is full frame though. Love the detail and the soft light sure helped you to get the exposure correct.

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    Bob, Mike got it right, the only improvement I could think of is moving him to the right.
    Great detail and exposure and you handled the background extremely well.
    Viera Wetlands is my guess...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fabs Forns View Post
    Viera Wetlands is my guess...
    Nope. Joe Overstreet.

    Thanks again for the comments. There is definitely some room on the left side of the image. I'll take a look. I never really know how to handle the crops on these when the body is facing one way, and the head another. In this case, it seemed more logical to me to put the space in front of the body. Not sure if there's a "rule" in these cases or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Blanchard View Post
    Nope. Joe Overstreet.

    Thanks again for the comments. There is definitely some room on the left side of the image. I'll take a look. I never really know how to handle the crops on these when the body is facing one way, and the head another. In this case, it seemed more logical to me to put the space in front of the body. Not sure if there's a "rule" in these cases or not.
    Bob, the guideline is to leave the room in the direction where the head is looking.

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    Hi Bob ..... the eagle left Can't see it !!!

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    Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa
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    Perfect !!!
    I love so much the Bald Eagles but here in Bulgaria few of them are left :(((
    I have seen only one time a BE at kerkini lake at a respectfull distance of 300 meters away playing with a duck.

    I hope one day to photograph such a brilliant moment, indeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alfred Forns View Post
    Hi Bob ..... the eagle left Can't see it !!!
    Smugmug had some issues last night. it's back now

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    Good exposure control and sharp detail. You got a nice low perspective and a good head angle. I agree with leaving the room in the direction the subject is looking, but this is still a lovely image. Must have been quite an interesting experience too!

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    Here's an adjusted crop on this. Looks weird to me, but guidance requested. Is it too far to the right now? Maybe more centered, with the head in the right-third? No other PP on this than crop. I know the BG in this one needs an NR pass on it.

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