Tractor Trailer Truck...

[Arthur Morris]

This Bald Eagle was photographed from my car in Homer, AK. The background was a tractor trailer truck parked near the campground parking lot. Canon 600mm f/4L IS lens with the 1.4X II TC and the EOS 1Ds MII. Fill flash at -2 stops with Better Beamer.

All comments welcome; don't be shy. Later and love, artie

[Glenda Simmons]

Wow, what a beautiful portrait of this eagle! Your most unusual background compliments your subject very uniquely.

[David Steele]

You've captured stunning detail here Artie and the background colour is amazing.

[Pat Nighswander]

impressive color and details

[Jim Poor]

Very nice. All you need now is a blue border to complete the motif :D

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This BG really is red. :) Great details and flash work.

[Lana Hays]

Artie
Good use of a different BG....I like the red. Nice detail and perfect use of flash......and you were fortunate to have such a clean eagle.

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Lana,

In Homer, clean, white-headed birds were the norm. It is a shame about the ridiculous ban...

later and love, artie

[Bob Reimer]

Hi Artie, only nit to pick would be to get a bit higher if possible to get the whole head in the solid red background band.

There are so many great photos being posted on this forum, it becomes hard to keep to the original purpose ;)

[Ed Cordes]

This highly unusual BG really makes the white feathers stand out. No nits from little ol' me. I love it.

[Doug West]

Wow Artie!

This should be in a book ;)

Doug

[Mike Boyce]

Wow Artie, I aspire to be as good as you some day. Great photo. Since this is supposed to be a critique, the one thing I might change would be to clone out the light area in the lower right hand corner. I found my eye wandering there and thus detracting from an otherwise awesome image. And thus, the student, at least for the moment, becomes the teacher ;-)

Mike

[Arthur Morris]

Wow Artie, I aspire to be as good as you some day. Great photo. Since this is supposed to be a critique, the one thing I might change would be to clone out the light area in the lower right hand corner. I found my eye wandering there and thus detracting from an otherwise awesome image. And thus, the student, at least for the moment, becomes the teacher ;-)

Mike

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I could, of course, have easily gotten rid of all the whitish areas on the frame edges but it was a conscious choice to keep all of them. Here's why: the larger whitish area in the LRC balances both the thinner whitish strip along the top (but primarily on the left and cental frame edges) and the bird's white head.

If anything, I might have pointed the lens an inch more to the right...

I often learn from posted comments but in this case I have once again become the teacher Such determinations are of course totally subjective.

later and love,

artie

[Raymond Packard]

Fantastic image, all you needed was some blue for the all American Bird.
Love it
Ray