Bald Eagle Banking - Homer, AK

[Charles Scheffold]

From my recent trip to Homer, AK with Artie and the gang...

Canon 1D Mark IV
70-200/2.8L IS II @ 200mm
1/2000s, f/5.6, ISO 200
Manual Exposure
Shot horizontal, cropped to vertical

thanks
Charles

[Brendan Dozier]

Wow! Awesome in flight pose, exposure, color, detail, BG, sharpness all just fantastic!
Great as is, but if possible might try to get a bit more detail in shadow area of lower wing, and also try rotating so wingspread has a diagonal line to it. Super capture!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent dive pose and sharp details, I might brighten and desat the sky a bit

[Charles Scheffold]

Thanks for the comments - I'll consider rotating it for a repost. I actually forgot to mention that I did desaturate and lighten the sky... but maybe it needs some more?

Charles

[Charles Scheffold]

Did a few quick adjustments before work this morning... lightened the sky just a little bit more, added slightly more detail in the shadow area, and rotated to increase the diagonal angle of the wings in the frame. Comments?

[Ofer Levy]

Killer shot!!!

[Ken Canning]

Fantastic shot! I prefer the repost primarly for the sky

[Leandro Herrainz]

this picture is just amazing!!

[Allen Hirsch]

Wow - what an image!

They must come pretty close, or you have an incredible 70-200L copy, to get that IQ with just 200mm focal length, even after cropping.

[DanWalters]

Repost looks great! Really like the vertical crop and the details in the wings.

[Charles Scheffold]

Wow - what an image!

They must come pretty close, or you have an incredible 70-200L copy, to get that IQ with just 200mm focal length, even after cropping.

Allen, the 70-200/2.8 II is very sharp - but the bird was certainly close. I only cropped in from the left and right. Top and bottom are as-is.

thanks
Charles

[Thom Howd]

Lovely capture with an attention grabbing pose and excellent detail. Thumbs up on the adjusted image.

[Dumay de Boulle]

WOW!!! Superb IQ and the exp looks spot on...Great pose and crop...What a image

[Jeff Dyck]

Fantastic shot Charles! The pose is great, the feather detail exemplary and you nailed the exposure right on. Well done...

[Charles Scheffold]

Thanks for all the comments folks!

With Arthur Morris standing next to me, I had to step it up or die trying

If anyone hasn't been on an IPT, do it! It's a blast!

thanks
Charles

[Roger Clark]

Charles,

Fantastic image!! I really like the vertical crop and the detail in the feathers. The phase angle looks to be about 45 degrees giving that feather detail. Well done.

Roger

[James Salywoda]

Awesome image Charles I love the pose captured.