Golden Eagle

[Fabs Forns]

Captured at Yellowstone NP, there a a pair flying around and perching in the rocks above us. Both had blood in the beak but we couldn't find anything after they left. Hand held from the side of the road. Full frame.

Model: NIKON D3
Lens (mm): 500
ISO: 2000
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/320
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Program: Aperture Priority

[Raymond Barlow]

wow Fabs, All I can say is holy shhhmmokkkes!!

[arash_hazeghi]

Killer rain and BG Fabs, detail is pretty good too, part of the beak looks over-exposed on my screen.

[Doug Brown]

Great underwing detail and a wonderful sense of habitat and weather! Impressive sharpness for 1/320; the slow shutter speed did some nice things to the raindrops. I would tone down the beak and the top of the bird's head just a little.

[Greg Basco]

Fabs, I agree with the others about toning down the hotspots on the bird's head, but this is really a great image to my eye. I love the raindrops and the background which really make the image for me.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

All elements add to this image, including rain, BG and pose of the raptor showing fantastic details. Agreed about toning down hot areas. Congrats! :)

[Michael Zajac]

Beautiful flight shot and wing spread. Agree w/ the toning down. Beautiful BG colors. Exceptional image.

[DanWalters]

Great flight shot! The snow really adds to it. I like the green in the background as well.

[Mike Lentz]

Goldens are beautiful! That bird looks like he's been to the buffet table for a long time as its crop is completely stuffed!

[Harshad Barve]

this is a fabulous shot , liked every pixel ot it
compo , BG , sharpness , and expo, everything spot on
TFS

[Bill McCrystyn]

ISO 2000 and clean as a whistle - nice job Fabs!

[Stu Bowie]

I like the banking angle Fabs, and good underwing detail captured. Overall very sharp for the ss, and the eagle pops so well from the BG.

[ramesh anantharaman]

wonderful shot. love the ways the bird is banking and the rain drops give a feel of the speed of flight.

[david cramer]

Nice image and well executed at that ss. Iso 2000 looks very clean.

[D. Robert Franz]

Love your angle Fabs.. Well executed image for sure!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Just loved this Fabs, great images loved the rain in the frame, its been a dream to get a Frame of this Fabs, Thank you for making my day.