Most mornings I walk my dogs outside the boundary of a nature preserve that has an active eagle nest. Today I saw a just-started-flying youngster atop a tree along my path.
Support: Handheld
Canon 7D
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II + 2.0 TC
Focal Length: 400mm
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
SS: 1/1250
Eval Comp: 0
Aperture Priority:
AF Mode: One Shot
AF Selection Mode: Single Point
Location: Adjacent St James Creek Preserve, Pine Island, FL
Time: 7.50 AM
Date: 02-27-11
Adjustments in Aperture: Added sharpening, lightened shadows
Big Crop
Hi James - agree with the above comments - I would try setting a black and white point in PP.
If you dont know how to do this just yell and we can assist.
Think it will add that little bit more ommph that seems to be missing.
The techs look solid.
Good show.
Agree about the eagle giving out the feeling of being dominance here, which is nice. Also a nice eye contact from the bird. A little bit of side lighting made the eagle's right shoulder brighter than the left, I might try to tone that down a bit. Also might try to take a bit off the left side and more on the side to turn this into more of a vertical crop (but this is just my personal preference).
Thanks everyone--great feedback and I will try out everyone's suggestions.
Lance, in Aperture there are four sliders under Exposure: Exposure, Recovery, Black Point, and Brightness (along with the autoexposure button). Moving both the Black Point slider and Brightness slider slightly to the right gives the image more oomph (although it darkens the sky a tad). I need to study this more, but is that the general idea?
Young Bald Eagle
