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    Hi Dobromir, this one is my favorite of your imperial eagle series. The eagle´s pose is really good and majestic. I like a lot the foreground with the detailed textures of the grasses agains the BG. I think that the OOF trees are a litle bit distracting but man, I would love to have this image on my files! Just a question. I assume that your images are from a feed station for eagles. It is possible to move your hide/blind/position a litle bit to avoid the green trees and get a complete out of focus background?

    In Spain we have a closely and highly endangerd related species, Aquila adalberti, but I have never been closely enough as to get a decent image

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    Hello, Juan!
    Unfortunately, all the area is surrounded by trees and there is only a small gap I use to photograph the eagles. This is the reason not to have photographs of eagles in flight from that hide. You can see a short movie on the following link, if you wish.
    http://www.greenbalkans.org/show.php...n_EN&cat_id=95&

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    Thanks a lot for the aditional information, I am going to haver a look on that link:)

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    Hello Dobromir,

    Many thanks for sharing this wonderful eagle image with us. I have two questions - one general one specific.

    Specific first: why do the feathers on the legs appear to be out of focus? You have the depth of field for them to be sharp, but they aren't.

    General question: I have trouble deciding how to crop an image such as this. On one hand I want to give space to the direction of the eyes; but on the other hand the posture and shape of the body take me in the other direction! Is there a general rule or consensus that the direction of the eyes should take precedence?

    I would be interested in your view and how you came to choose as you have.

    Thanks,
    Gerald

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    There is some out of focus vegetation masking the legs Gerald.
    That and some additional blurring to the BKGR are my only issues with the image.
    I like very much the light, the detail and the majestic pose.
    Also thank you for sharing the video with us, very interesting and informative material. Well done!

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    A slight improvement of this comp would be to take a bit off the LHS. Lovely low angle captured in this, but somehow, something doesnt look right on the legs.

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    Very impressive bird in a nice pose. I think this could work as a squarer crop rmoving a bit from both left and right. The only really frustration is the OOF vegetation in front of the legs - a bit of pruning might be in order :)
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    Moving your tripod a foot to the right would have centered the bird's head against the large tree. As is, the image could be improved by lightening the shaded side of the head. I like the rocky perch and the look back head angle.
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    fantastic image, what an amazing site.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raymond Barlow View Post
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    Took a scond look at the image. Lightening the iris and darkening the pupil would help quite a bit.
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