Padding the Nest

[Gary Dumer]

A Mature Bald Eagle bringing in Nest Materials


1D Mk III with 500/4 + 1.4TC
ISO 500, 1/1250, F8, Exp +1/3
Cropped from Landscape to Portrait
Curves, USM after resizing

[Doug Brown]

Like the crop, wing and eye position, and nest-building behavior. Very sharp too. The darks are a little underexposed; I probably would have gone with +1 EC shooting the underside of an eagle against the sky.

[Gary Dumer]

Like the crop, wing and eye position, and nest-building behavior. Very sharp too. The darks are a little underexposed; I probably would have gone with +1 EC shooting the underside of an eagle against the sky.

Hey Thanks Doug, I setup +1 and got Blinkies!! I was a afraid of Blown Whites.

[Doug Brown]

No problem Gary. The whites look a little underexposed as posted. When I'm photographing birds with a mix of darks and whites (bald eagles, stilts, etc.) I usually will overexpose by 1/3 to 2/3 of a stop using my Mark III. I get more detail in the darks and am able to easily bring the whites back in Lightroom.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the wing position and the nesting material adds to it. On my 1D3 I sometimes get blinkies but if I open the image in ACR, the histogram looks fine. I agree with Doug the underwing area looks a bit noisy.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Great timing Gary and I love the wing postion in this capture. Excellent eye contact and as mentioned a little more feather detail would be nice . Congratulations on a lovely image.

[Raymond Barlow]

really nice shot Gary, action well captured.

[Arthur Morris]

Love the sames things as everyone above, esp. the nesting material. Made several changes in the repost. Notice any differences???

[Kris Mortensen]

Like the eye contact in the repost!