Eye of the Eagle

[Bill McCrystyn]

Nikon 300 200-400VR 1.7TC 1020mm ISO800 1/4000 f/6.7 CW EV -1.33

Sky filled in to avoid the BG brush.

[Fabs Forns]

Beautiful pose, cousin, and EXP right on. Big crop? Because plumage looks a little disconcerting?

[Bill McCrystyn]

Thanks cuz. You always keep me honest. I do have a bad habit of always pushing the enlargement. I will back it off until I get it tightened up. :D These birds are so beautiful to watch fly.

Where would you add the canvas for say about 30%?

[Fabs Forns]

I'm jealous, don't have many of them. I know, I know, I could come visit while Al minds the store :D

[Bill McCrystyn]

We are closer than Alaska and I obvisously need all the help I can get. I give pro instruction on Tequilla drinking. :p

[Bill McCrystyn]

I sized it way down but still should make a nice print. Touched up the levels here and there. Thanks cuz!! :)

[arash_hazeghi]

repost is an improvement, very nice wing position it can take more delicate sharpening.

[Fabs Forns]

Much better. I think of you add a little black to the neutrals in Selective Color, the browns may look better.

[Bill McCrystyn]

You guys are great. Thanks a bunch. I'll look at it some more. :cool:

[Bill McCrystyn]

Thanks for pushing me on the details. It is almost turning into a printable image. Using the magic wand - magic wands are good :p :D - I isolated the darker tones and used the selective neutral and H/S lightness along with a little C/B to bring back some detail. Looking at it here in this post it appears it could still use a little more over-all contrast.

Arash, I used a little Gausian in smart sharpen but was limited by how much noise it started to introduce, but it made a little improvment which it needed.

I have also included the original F/F un-edited RAW file so you can see what I was working with.

Thanks you guys for all your help.

[Bill McCrystyn]

This what I saw through the lens at 1020mm 1/4000. I just couldn't let it go, so I worked it.

[Fabs Forns]

Great work on the BG. Rework #387 looks much better.

[arash_hazeghi]

I actually prefer the natural BG much better than plain blue sky. would just crop the above and sharpen up the bird.