Bald Eagle

[John Blumenkamp]

Hi Everyone... seems it's been too long since posting, so here is an eagle captured earlier today. I've cloned a number of 'twigs' around the frame, leaving the primary branches. Thanks for taking a look...

7D @ 500mm
1/1250 f/8 iso400

John

[Sid Garige]

Very nice image John. Great exposure and details.

Thanks for all the help on farmington bay.

[John Blumenkamp]

Thanks Sid.

Wish I could tell you this was one of dozens of eagles I saw over the weekend, but it was only one of four or five... nowhere near the opportunties like past years.

[kevinmat]

Great John, good exposure and feathers display nicely. Interesting pose, cleaned up well.

[Daniel Cadieux]

What a majestic looking guy sitting up high and looking down onto its subjects. You could crop a bit at left to rid the vertical branch running against the frame's edge - or clone out a good part of it (down to the top thin shadow on it). I'm wishing the talons were better lit, and find the sky's blue a bit too deep

Wish I could tell you this was one of dozens of eagles I saw over the weekend, but it was only one of four or five...

Man, that is how many I've seen the past two years TOTAL...and none closer than 300 yards away!:)

[stuart wanuck]

great image and good detail like it a lot

[Steve Canuel]

Nice pose and exposure on the eagle. I like the deep blue of the sky. Depending on its shape, I might also like to see more of the branch on the left (as viewed) as for me it balances out the branch on the right and frames the subject. I'd remove the shadows on the main branch.