Bald eagle in flight

[Lyall Bouchard]

Took this photo of a bald eagle a couple of days ago. I like the wing position, and the pristine white plumage. So often the white feathers are off color. I've been struggling with the fact that the head looks a little overexposed, but the histogram tells me its not.

In any case, this was shot with my Canon 30D, 100-400 lens at 400mm, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec at F6.3, +1/3 EV.

Any comments are appreciated.

[joel quenneville]

The whites look okay on my monitor. The wing positon is great, the bird is well lit and he has a good head angle. I wish you could have had him either completely against the mountain or the sky. This would eliminate the line in the BG. Changing your shooting height could have accomplished this.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the details, soft light, wing position, BG and exposure control. The whites look fine and I might sharpen the bird a bit more. Keep them coming!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Terrific and powerfull pose, great exposure control and BG/ambient, perfect wing position to me. Congratulaitons!

[Dennys Bisogno]

This is the type of picture I would hang in my wall. Lovely - perfect balance on the background, blur but it gives me a sense of the place.

Thanks for sharing!