Bald Eagle in Flight

[Peter Farrell]

Had another oppurtunity to capture some Eagle flight images yesterday. I am following the advice I have recieved here on BPN and am liking the results. As Billy Joel sung "And if I don't have this all worked out
Still I'm getting closer, getting closer, I still have far to go no doubt, But I'm getting closer, getting close"
Sony A700, 70-400G @400mm, f8, 1/1250, iso1600, EC +1.7, HH, 45% of FF. PP in PSE8, corrected exposure in camera raw, levels, s/h, USM. (any additional shadow adjustment brought out too much noise)

[Mark Young]

Lovely image. Nice wingspread. HA, detail and light on the underside of the bird looks really good

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful wing and tail spread, and head angle. Head looks a little light on my screen, like it needs a bit more contrast, or yellow spectrum saturation, or something?

[Dave Mills]

Hi Peter, Good job on this!The exposure looks like it's handling the darks and lights well.The wingspread is great with ample room for the bird to fly into.Well handled...

[Lance Peters]

Hi Peter - huge improvements - not seeing the blue fringing around the feathers any more - like the fanned out tail and the outstretched wings look good.
Some careful sharpening might coax some more details out of the feathers.
Good show :)

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Peter,

Great wing spread and Eagle BIF image. Nice for HH at 1/1250, hard to pan when the bank like this. Maybe a tad more +EV would have helped lighten under parts. Maybe a wider aperture to boost shutter, but I like the 1/1250. Just want to be fast in flight - TFS well done.

[Peter Farrell]

Thank you everyone for the comments.
Lance, thanks for noting my improvement. I worked this one more than usual in PP.
Peter