Eagle at Nest

[Bob Miller]

I took this shot in Florida recently
1/1000 sec f4.5 ISO 800, 200-400 mm f4 lense at 200 mm
cropped and noise reduction with DEfine 2.0" ; I like the shot but am not happy with noise reduction
All Comments welcome!

[Harold Davis]

did you have to lighten the image at all? could be the source of the noise. never used define. topaz denoise is a great plugin and al has one he uses that i understand is even better!! noiseware pro?

very powerful pose!! love it. i might clone out that big log under the left wing and work on the sky color. it doesnt look natural.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Bob - seeing some heavy blue fringing around the feathers on the outer parts of the wings.
Maybe post the original with no changes - will give a better idea of what is happening.
:)

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Do see the fringing around the feathers. But ans Harold points out it's a powerful pose and I also would get rid of the log under the wing.
Congrats

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Definitely a powerful pose with good wing spread and a nice determination look to boost. I also see halo around the head, maybe from sharpening. Sharpening can also bring out noise, so this might contribute to the noisy look in the image.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Love the pose. Wonder what is causing the blue fringing. Sky could use some NR, otherwise quite stunning IMHO:)

[Bob Miller]

I started over in ACR and took the advice to clone out the bottom stump. How did I do with this repost?

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

The stump looked a bit cut off and I like the original crop better, but the color and noise look much better in the repost.