Angry Eagle

[Peter Farrell]

I spent about 15 minutes photographing a battle over airspace between this Bald Eagle and the neighboring Osprey couple. No definite winner as everyone eventually went back to their own nests.
Sony A700, 70-400G, f7.1, 1/1250, iso1000, EV +2.7, HH. PP in PSE8, levels, s/h, sharpen crop 60% of FF

[Bob Decker]

Great looking flight image of a BE. Feather detail looks good to me. I'm thinking I might like a tad more canvas on the right and above... still leaving plenty of negative space for him to fly into. Well done.

[Christopher Miller]

Wonderful flight pose, Peter! Love the open beak. It just looks a bit over-sharpened to me.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Peter - like the flight pose and the open beak - very good!!
Does seem to be a bit over sharpened and a little noise in some places - be careful with the use of shadow/highlights can introduce noise very easily - try adjusting the midtones in levels and see which gives the best result.
Keep em coming :)

[Dave Mills]

Hi Peter, Good advice above. Could use a small bit of room in the back and for my taste not quite so much room in the front but still giving it room to fly into...

[Peter Farrell]

I re-processed the image based on everyones comments. Lance, when I use s/h I only use a small amount. But this time I did not use it at all, instead I adjusted mid tones in levels as you suggested. I also used less sharpening and recomposed the shot.
Thanks everyone, Peter

[Ken Lassman]

Like the coloring on the first one and the expanded room on the repost. Both are keepers...what an awesom flight shot. Thanks for sharing

[Dave Mills]

Hi Peter, I like the placement of the eagle in your repost. Might want to get back some of the detail in the birds head you had in the original...

[Ricardo Rodriguez]

Hi Peter, your repost is a great improvement IMO. I particularly like how the BE is well balanced in the frame now (same spacing on top, bottom, and right).

[Ray Rozema]

Hi Peter
Great flight image w open beak. Ideal wing postion. I would agree w Christopher little bit too much sharpening on the first and w D to add some detail back on the repost.

Ray

[Troy Lim]

It seems like this is happening quite a lot. Ospreys have been attacking the pair that I visit every weekend. Unfortunately, I havey to capture one of them in fight.

Good try.

[Bob Miller]

Hi Pete....IMO your original was oversharpened too much in the head area and just a bit in the feathers. IMO your repost looks good in the head area but now is too soft in the feathering. This shot is so good I encourage you to continue to work on selectively sharpening it!