Eagle Ice Feeding

[Mark William]

Eagle at Bosque del Apache feeding through the ice. Never enough reach, 600 was too short here.
Cropped and reverse curve selectively applied on the eagle. Thoughts?

Nikon D300
600 f5.6
1/640th
ISO 100
Flight Deck at BDANWR

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

THe action is great, but light seems to be the element letting it all down. :)

[Tony Whitehead]

Great action and drama but light angle making it very difficult.

[Jeff Nadler]

agree-nice drama but the image does not work well as the lighting is harsh and there is not sufficent detail or sharpness in any of the birds.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The captured moment is great. The problems have been mentioned. Could you have added a teleconverter?

[John Chardine]

To pull it off I think you needed more detail and sharpness in the main subject- the eagle. Great capture of action though.

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Mark, You did as good as you could but the harsh, off-angled light was fatal. Next time try a higher ISO and a TC and pray for clouds.