Bald Eagle in flight

[Fabs Forns]

Last light, the original had darker underwings because of the light's direction, I was able to pull a lot out of it with Nik's Reflector filter, I choose soft gold to try and match the golden light hitting the chest and head.
SW Florida.

Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens (mm): 600
ISO: 800
Aperture: 8
Shutter: 1/1250

[Gary Dumer]

You pulled some nice Detail out of a Shaded area, Nice use of PP tools!!

[Grace Scalzo]

Fabs, I don't use any of that software, but whatever you did sure looks great. I especially like the composition, seems to add to the sense of power and intensity of this wonderful bird.

[arash_hazeghi]

Looks very nice fabs, how dark was the original?

[Keith Carver]

Great underwing detail with sumptuous golden light in the shadows. There's a slightly dark area just above the nape - was it in ORIG? Beautiful portrait.

[Julie Kenward]

Beautiful, Fabs. Wonderful job of lightening the underwings - they really do have a beautiful golden glow to them. I really love the way you fill the frame with him from URC to LLC - just enough room to not leave us feeling crowded.

[Laura Pipkin]

Love the lighting and the pose, Fabs! My only suggestion would be to darken the whitish spots in between the top parts of the wings. Or is it just my monitor? Otherwise, fabulous work!

[Fabs Forns]

Thank you much, guys, here's the original, out of ACR default settings. Resized for web only, no adjustments or sharpening applied.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hola Fabs!

You did a wonderful job on bringing out the details under the wings! Love these birds and your image. Way to go!

[John Blumenkamp]

Hi Fabs... I like the detail you have pulled out, and thanks for the info (I haven't used Nik's products before... they sound interesting). Also great to see the 'before' image for comparison.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the diagonal flight angle Fabs, and really good work on the recovery of the underwings.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Fabs, the key here is bill not merging with the wing I think. Lovely shot and as others have said, superb job on underwings. gotta love digital, right?

[Manjesh Lingamurthy]

Hi Fabs

That is an amazing job to bring so much detail under the wings, comparing to the original. I do not see much noise under the wings, after you have opened the shadows so much. Did you use any noise reduction or Nik's Reflector filter does it automatically, after opening up the shadows.

[Fabs Forns]

Thanks guys.

Manjesh, I really don't remember, but usually Nik's reflector or Viveza don't produce too much noise.