Take off

[Bonnie Block]

This eagle landed in a stand of Bald Cypress near the University of Washington (Arboretum) It was on a morning after a very strong storm had come throught the area. Taken from a kayak. I removed a few twigs and blurred the bg a bit.
Canon 7D 100-400 L IS
1/1250s f/5.6 at 330.0mm iso800

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful pose and expo , killer BG and looks
if mine I may crop little bit from bottom , just above your signature
TFS

[Desmond Chan]

Good exposure and sharpness. Interesting background. Do wish there were not that many leaves and branches in the foreground.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful head details,pose,bg..another vote for a bit crop to the bottom!

[Marc Mol]

Lovely pose & takeoff here Bonnie, the FG foliage is somewhat distracting however and as suggested could be cropped.

[Jan Fourie]

great eye contact and sharpness but foilage a bit distracting.I would love to see a PANO crop on this image
wd
jan

[Morkel Erasmus]

Bonnie I support the pano crop suggestion - as Harshad said just above your signature. I love the BG, bird sharpness and unique nature of this shot.

[scott benson]

stuning shot.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Bonnie, I remember your other image of this guy. Love the intense stare, and wing posture, and the eagle is nice and sharp. The striking red surrounding foliage puts this over the top. I would just take a bit off the bottom.

[denise ippolito]

Bonnie, I love the BG colors and the fantastic stare! Great details and sharpness. I like the crop as presented.

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Bonnie: You can't get much closer in the wild than this. Beautiful, intense shot with amazing colors and background. I would love to get a shot like this. Keep them coming!

[Bonnie Block]

Thanks everyone for your generous comments. Here is a repost with the suggested crop.
In retrospect--I wish I had the image that showed four photographers in kayaks at the base of this tree. It was pretty amazing--we all got the shot!

[Harshad Barve]

Repost looks much better
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

good repost, nice pose, the head on angle works well, congrats..

[James Salywoda]

Beautiful shot Bonnie I wish it was mine the colors are so awesome.... Well Done!

[Matt Nichols]

Nothing short of phenomenal. I am pretty envious, great shot.