Another Day in Skagit Valley

[phillane]

Captured this baldy in flight the other day and thought I'd share one of my favorites.:D

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The pose and head position look good. There is some noise in the underwings and the image has a color cast. Could you post some techs? Did you dial in positive EC?

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree with Axel. The magenta cast present here is easy to get rid of by sliding the the "magenta" channel in saturation all the way down. Looks like the eagle is eyeing a potential meal down there!

[Roger Clark]

Nice sharp image. Please tell us more about it. Is it full frame?

If the image was taken near sunrise/sunset the color could be natural.

[phillane]

Have reposted with about 15cc's of magenta taken out of midtones and shadows areas. Have posted shooting data below. This is about a 60% crop which could account for some of the noise in the shadow areas however under the most astute scrutiny one could find noise in any shadow area approaching Max D density. :)



Date: 2/22/09
Time: 3:25:38 AM
Model: Canon EOS 40D
Serial #:
Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh
Frame #:
Lens (mm): 285
ISO: 400
Aperture: 6.3
Shutter: 1/2000
Exp. Comp.: +1.0
Flash Comp.:
Program: Aperture Priority
Focus Mode: Servo
White Bal.: AWB
ICC Profile: Adobe RGB (1998) (embedded)

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good repost, I much prefer it now without the colour cast :-) P.S. Good use of exp. comp... +1 turned out well.

[Roger Clark]

I agree. The reposted image looks great.

[phillane]

Roger I appreciate your feedback, this Image was taken with a Canon 40D with a sizeable crop of about 60%