Based on the feedback provided in my earlier offering, I've decided to post a second shot that includes more foreground and softer light. What say you?
Wow, that bird looks as if it is in control and powerful. Selectively sharpening the face and breast of the eagle would put this over the top for me. I like the pose and he soft light.
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Very commanding pose. I prefer this image from the aspect that more of the prey is visible but miss the strong feather details on the neck from the previous post. Agree re sharpening. Maybe a little saturation/vibrance boost?
Hi Jeff, I am glad that you decided to post a new version of this terrific image:). I think that this one works much better than your previous image. In a perfect world I would like to see in this image the raised claw of the eagle and the nice feathers textures that you have in the other image (but are not living in a perfect world;)). The composition here is much better and the pose of the eagle is also majestic. I am sure that this image is sharp at 100% but for small size in web presentation I recomend to you the use of a more intense unsharp mask to allow viewer enjoy the details of the image at a small size. I have been playing a bit in PS with your image a made some adjustments (USM only to the bird, level/saturation adjsustment on the eagle eye, nape and coyote´s ear, and a round of gaussian blur to the nice BG). I tried to apply shadow/highlight filter to recover information of the deep shadows in the eagle left side but with this small size jpeg it is not possible. I am sure that if you do that with the original RAW file you could extract more details on that areas improving your result.
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Thanks for the feedback everyone. I did seem to lose some sharpness in the downsizing. Between that and needing to enhance shadow detail - I guess its about time to upgrade my Photoshop 7. :)