Feather Nose

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Canon 7D & 500MM + 1.4 TC
Gitzo 3530LS & Gimbal II Head
ISO=400
1/800
f/5.6
700MM
AF/AL Servo/Spot
Manual

LRII--->CS4
IQ suffers some from a 30% crop. I visited Reef Foot State Park last week and a few Eagles were still in the nest.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Think the IQ looks OK. What did you meter off, the whites in the neck??? Just curious as to why you seem to choose this type of metering. You have time to meter and take the shot? If I were to critique anything the angle capture looks a little steep.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Jackie, the Eagles perch in trees and overlook the Mississippi River to fish. I park on a levy close by and the birds are about 50 - 75 feet away and high in the trees to get best perspective. Probably too far away but its best chance for me to get an Eagle image; I hope for a close-up or fly-by but nothing this day.

Send me a PM and we can talk more about metering if you like.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the exposure and pose, wish the tail was not clipped and angle a bit steep. does show noise, when you say 30% crop does it mean that this is 30% of the original or 70% of the original? if it is 70% and proceeded well you should not get so much noise at ISO 400.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Angle is not always possible as we want it to be:)...but I think i like this one because of the proud look.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

30% of the original image was cropped.

[arash_hazeghi]

can you post the full frame?

[Peter Farrell]

I really like this. I like the wind-blown, puffed up look of the feathers. I haven't seen this in the eagles by me.
I don't mind the lean and I like the HA and eye contact. My only wish would be to see the whole tail in the image.
Excellent capture.
Peter

[Alfred Forns]

Other than the steep angle this is one fine image !!! Excellent detail throughout and excellent pose !!! Love it Jeff !!!

[Harold Davis]

love those puffed up feathers! nice light on this bird, too. i have to agree with arash. i wished the tail wasnt clipped. but i'd still like to have it as mine!!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

I have more of the tail and thought about rebuilding the tip and disclosing that. But given the feather in the nose and the steep angle thought it was not worth the time ??

[Mark Young]

Nice details in the feather, this bird looks like it's wearing a shaggy coat!

[Bob Miller]

Hi jeff...to me this is a winning image. I like it alot...the feather detail is amazing!. Too bad about the tail!