White-tailed Sea Eagle, Japan

[Charles Glatzer]

White-tailed Sea Eagle, Japan

1D MIV, 500mm w/ 1.4x III, Manual (spot -off bkgd), f/6.3 @ 1/2500, ISO 400
Post-production- CS5, NIK, Macbook Pro 15in

See you where there is light, or at the computer

Chas

[Colin Driscoll]

Looks great! I guess that's snow in the air? I would like to see more of the bird by cropping a fair bit off the RHS. Smooth background too.

[Randy Stout]

Chas:

I like the far wing, lots of detail, snow flying, comp. color in BG, sharpness.

Wish the near wing wasn't pointed quite so much at us, so could see it better. A bit more bank to lower that near wing would have been great.

I think the crop is effective. Because I am sure you wanted to show the snow, you need a fair amount of space in front of the bird to avoid centering it too much, and allow it space to move into. Maybe a small crop from right, but not much.

Cheers

Randy

[Dave Leroy]

I really like the pose. It conveys a lot of intensity and purpose to the flight path of the eagle.

Caught the ha as well and nice separation on all body parts.

BG is very complimentary as well.

My only small nit is I wish image was larger so we could see more detail.

Dave

[Pieter de Waal]

Charles I too like this dynamic flight pose. I like the snow flying adding tp the perception of great speed. Nice detail and as suggested a larger image would show this even more.

[Art Kornienko]

Wish the shot was bigger too to see more detail in the head, agree with the position of the near wing, wish it was up more, but a lovely action shot showing the bird's great manoeuvering skills.

[Tom Redd]

Chas, I love this capture, the pose is excellent and the image sharp. Minor suggestion: I might like a slightly lighter background.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Chas, fantastic bg, details, pose and action. Love it! Would love to see it bigger.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Love the eye contact Diagonal line in background adds to composition, really pleasing image this!

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent image Chas , love the BG and position of bird in image
TFS