Male adult Bald Eagle

[Duane Noblick]

Another image of the pair of Eagles I follow at a local botanical garden. This is the male as he keeps an eye on some people walking underneath him.

Date/Time	10-Oct-2009 21:23:18
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 50D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	400 mm
Exposure Time	1/2000 sec
Aperture	f/5.6
ISO Equivalent	320
Exposure Bias	+2/3
White Balance
Metering Mode	multi spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'd bet many of those people never had any idea they walked underneath a Bald Eagle! Neat setting sitting in those tall pines. IMO the comp could be improved by cropping a bit at left and bottom. Tough lighting with shadows being cast by the branches onto the eagle...

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

The setting is a little busy, but the image tells a great story IMHO. I think you should try a wide angle version showing the people too perhaps? Crop will enhance this somewhat. :)

[Daniel Belasco]

What a look. If looks could kill, uh? I like the setting. Great sharpness and color on the bird. Overall looks a little surreal.

[Duane Noblick]

Getting the people under him in the image might be difficult...he's about 70' up in a Pine tree. Most know the nest is there and if they don't, once they turn the corner on the path and see us standing there with our cameras pointed up they soon realize what they walked under. :D These Eagles are not bothered by people milling about. They just look at them and go about their business.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely sharpness and pose ,
TFS

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Duane,
Good advice given above and can only offer another option to explore.....a crop pff the top (V in left branch) and right (vert branch entirely)...since the BE is looking down? I feel this would keep the environs and lose the distracting vert branch....as it is the only 1. Glad you kept the head out of the branch shadows.....that was the most important.