Bald Eagle

[Wheeler McDougal Jr.]

Taken day before yesterday. Weather was a high overcast and I added a slight grey gradiant in the upper left hand corner. This looked to be a year old or slightly older imature. The image was cropped a great deal. How do you think it turned out?
Shooting imformation:
Nikon D700
600mm
600mm (in 35mm film)
1/2500 sec, f/7.1
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +2/3
ISO: 800
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off
File size: 13.9MB
Image size: 3036 x 2010
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Lat: 41°53'50.004"N
Long: 90°9'16.95"W
Altitude: 183m

[Robert O'Toole]

The wing drop position is great and the image sharpness is ok, but the lighting is not the best. Good job in difficult light.

For me the crop is too tight and the image looks like a very large crop. Also sky is noisy.

Robert

[Doug Brown]

Eye contact and wing position look good. There's quite a bit of noise in both the BG and the bird. Fine detail is lacking. I think the large crop got the best of this image.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I also think the crop did the damage. I do like the bird's positioning though there is not enough space behind it (I think). I wonder about the grey graduation? :) Thanks for posting.