Perfect Landing

[Troy Lim]

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 700 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[arash_hazeghi]

It is a perfect landing, and nice and sharp. might brighten the dark parts and the sky a tad.

[Alfred Forns]

... Troy looks like the issue is still in doubt :)

Excellent exposure and detail, could only imagine if you had the right wind !!!

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Troy - excellent action capture! Agree with Arash regarding the blacks on the bird. Might want to bring those up a bit. Love that flared landing position! Super!!

[Lance Peters]

Excellent Pose - couldnt wish for better - Agree about the blacks and lightening the shadows a little.
Nice one troy!!

[Troy Lim]

Thank you guys. Wind is one factor, and also the light. Depending on how late it is, I found that the best time to shoot is from sunrise to about 9.30am. Anything later than that, not easy to get everything lit.

I will re-edit to bring out the shadow a bit more as suggested. Thank you.

[Harold Davis]

powerful! i like it a lot!! agree on working the shadows, especially the eye. nice job with the detail and focus!!

[Troy Lim]

I used the dodge tool to bring out a little bit of details off the shadow area. I found that if brightened up too much, the shadow area tends to have blue cast over it. I wonder why. Has anyone experienced this before?

[stuart wanuck]

pretty pretty good!

[Troy Lim]

pretty pretty good!

Thank you Stuart.