Tawny Eagle take-off

[Chris van Rooyen]

This is the same bird that I posted landing earlier this week, this time as it took off. All comments welcomed as always:)

Camera Model: NIKON D3
Date/Time: 2009:06:21 08:385
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 900
Lens: 600mm
Focal length: 600mm

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi Chris,

Gorgeous take off pose, love the BG with the clouds and love the perch/take off point. Love the outstreched wings! To my eye there is something weird going on with the colours though......I can't be sure because I was not there but the sky looks a little too cyan coloured for such a nice light on the bird. I can't really put my finger on it, maybe a little less saturation??????? Otherwise an excellent shot.

[Dave Barnes]

I could be wrong, but the sky colour looks very typical to me, I dont see a problem with it.
I like the comp and pose a lot. Nice capture Chris.

[Gal Shon]

So much power and grace,
The sky / BG are beautiful

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks good to me Chris. Just a small dust bunny to eliminate between the talons and the tree. The clouds look great in the BG.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Stunning Capture Chris! Love everything about it - vivid colours, pose, light and timing really great.
Blue sky looks very characteristic of Kgalagadi! Inclusion of the white clouds in the sky works very well. Super composition.

[Markus Jais]

awesome capture. Perfect wing pose and incredible colors.
Did you increase the saturation of the plumage or is this bird really that red (probably juvenile)?

Markus

[Randy Stout]

Chris:

I like the composition, flared primaries, HA, sharpness. For me, the lighting worked a bit better on the previous image(better underwing lighting), but still, very nice here.

Cheers

Randy

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great pose on that bird. Diagonal wingspan
and one mean look. Nice golden color.
Sky looks good to me, but this could be an issue
of monitor calibration.
What are you guys using to calibrate your monitors?
Is there a prefered software to calibrate?
Adobe discontinued it in CS3.

[Jasper Doest]

I've never seen this animal in real life, nor have I been in Africa so I can't judge the colors. All I can say is that I love the power that you were able to show through this photograph. A very powerful bird in a strong pose and the look on the face really adds to that.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the angle of take off Chris, and love the warm colours shown on the eagle. The inclusion of clouds adds to the image, and I would take this anyday. However, I prefered your previous post.

[Kobus Tollig]

Super pose and very sharp well done. Chris i Calibrated my screen yesterday and the eagle looks to yellow on my screen. Using 22" LCD. Other than that its super

[David Fletcher]

Pretty much on the money! Difficult to fault, :), much to praise, :):):)

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Stunning image again. Lovely warm lights and beautiful blue sky. Really cool turn.

Szimi

[Ramon M. Casares]

Stunning light, powerfull pose, detail, colors, comp and species. Big congratulations!

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Great timing! Like the fully stretched wings, angle of flight and clouds in the BG. Great image!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Nothing to add. This is a great image indeed.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys!Ilija I use the Spyder 3 Elite package for monitor calibration. You can read all about it here http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-mc-s3elite.php.

[Kobus Tollig]

Thx Chris...i use the same
Chris the yellows on the talons are also clipped. opened it in CS3 and the are 255.
Still super image well done