Went to see my god-daughter play soccer and found this eagle on the way home. Almost full frame, set black and white point in levels, added gradient, sharpened in usm.
Make: NIKON CORPORATION (http://www.nikon.com)
Camera: NIKON D90
Lens: AF-S VR Nikkor 500mm F4G ED
Focal length: 850*mm*(equiv. 1275*mm)
Aperture: F9
Exposure time: 1/400" (+0.33*EV)
ISO speed rating: 400/27°
Program: Aperture priority
Metering Mode: Pattern
White Balance: Auto
Focus Mode: AF-C
Image Stabilizer: On
Noise Reduction: Off
Flash: Flash did not fire
Looks like a healthy bald eagle, great capture, there's some nice detail throughout especially on the head. I find the right side a bit distracting with the tree, and think maybe take that out and just crop it vertically or try to add some blur to it.
Hi Roy - good looking bird - I would think about cropping vertically and removing a lot of the LHS.
A tad tight at the bottom. Exposure looks good - might lighten the mid tones just a tad and lighten and sharpen the eye.
Good show :)
Like others have mentioned the eye needs brightened, the mid-tones could stand to be punched up and a vertical crop to remove distracations would strengthen the image. There some nice feather detail there and I like the head angle. Definately a good looking bird. With a little tweaking it should make a really nice image.
Thanks everyone, interesting that most of the comments are very, very similar. Looks like I'll go back to the original and crop to a vertical and lighten it a bit.
Will go with Lance on adjusting the mid tones and around the eye !!! .. other than the steep angle which can't be helped you did well !!! Eagles are always welcome !!!
Bald Eagle
