Female Bald Eagle

[Duane Noblick]

Captured the female from the pair of Bald Eagles I follow this morning. She had just finished a meal (full crop) and didn't move for close to 2 1/2 hours. I had time to photograph a RTH catching a Vole and come back to see her still perched in the same spot.

Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 50D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	500 mm
Exposure Time	1/1000 sec
Aperture	f/4.5
ISO Equivalent	320
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode	spot
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	manual

A Kenko non-reporting extender was used and this is cropped from landscape to portrait. A large OOF branch was removed from the lower part of the image.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very nice bird, I like the detail on the plumage. Did you spot-meter on the head?
I wish the shadow at the middle of the bird was not there. Nice in any case.

[Dan Busby]

Nice pose with that classic eagle "frown", Duane. Good sharpness on the eye and beak and just enough space on the right. Well done.

[Mital Patel]

beautiful image with nice head turn and everything looks in perfect sharp. and yes loved the perch too.

[Duane Noblick]

Very nice bird, I like the detail on the plumage. Did you spot-meter on the head?
I wish the shadow at the middle of the bird was not there. Nice in any case.

Yes...metered off the head in this case. The wind was blowing and I had to time the head turn with a branch that kept putting a shadow across her face.

Thank you all for the critique. I was wondering if someone would notice the "chaulky" color to the darker plumage because I see it and I was wondering if others did. I had to do some shadow recovery in this image because the darks were underexposed.