Tawny Eagle spread

[Kiran Poonacha]

Got this Twany Eagle take off with the setting sun behind me.

Thought of clone out the blue sky but somehow did not get myself to do it .

Have cloned out some braches at the bottom.

spec: 1/6400, F 4, ISO 800

Mk4+500mm.

Regards,

Kiran.

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent pose and great under wing detail., superbly captured and exposed

[Mital Patel]

Kiran Bhai,

Another Fire on Wings.

Superb pose and as usual killer image.

I've taken a liberty to try my hands on the bg part and try to tone down breast area where whites stands.

Removed the magenta cast overall on the image.
Did used Quick Mask and removed sky part as it was overlaying right fingers of eagle.
patched the big spot on left fingers crossing.

used gradient mixing to smoothen patches came up due to compression on the bg.

still can go better when experts put their efforts in .. just studying the Quick Mask feature heavily suggested here. some spots are still there to be done.

20 min flat work on this image.

Hope you'll like it.

[Steve Canuel]

Really like the body position of this with the slightly angled up body and wings and the level head. Also like the tree line evident in the BG.

[Stu Bowie]

Great flight posture Bhai, and just love the wingspread. Good DOF across the wings, tack sharp, and pops nicely from the BG. Mital has done a good job with the BG, but I do prefer your OP.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran, excellence as usual. I like how the bird pops from the BG. Size and placement of subject are perfect. great light and angle.

[Grace Scalzo]

I see no real reason to alter your original background. Only thing I see is that the beak gets a little lost in the head. Love the incoming pose...what was his target?

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm OK with the sky too, it doesn't look out of place at all. Nice pose, and overall techs. Did you mask the subject to perform some work on the BG (e.g. NR?) The pale OOF spot at the lower wingtip does grab my attention.

[yogesh_puranik]

another stunning shot bhai superb wing and sharpness fantastic..pose..BTW: Belated Happy B'day

[RAM MALLYA]

Awesome shot here Kiran Bhai amazing wing position and BG .

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic shot ! I like both versions.

[Sandesh R.Dhareshwar]

Brilliant image Kiran Just the perfect wing position one would like to have I like the op for i feel the the bit of warmth makes the image more intense

[dankearl]

The OP is very nice, I see no reason to change the BG. It looks natural and adds to the photo, IMO.

[Mital Patel]

Thanks a lot friends. I know i had feeling of same but then i tried something diff here to see what it looks like.

This is the best reason i love BPN as so much constructive things happen when you think something ..

I appreciate and Kiran bhai hope you dont mind for this post .. No hijacking thoughts though

[Kiran Poonacha]

Kiran Bhai,

Another Fire on Wings.

Superb pose and as usual killer image.

I've taken a liberty to try my hands on the bg part and try to tone down breast area where whites stands.

Removed the magenta cast overall on the image.
Did used Quick Mask and removed sky part as it was overlaying right fingers of eagle.
patched the big spot on left fingers crossing.

used gradient mixing to smoothen patches came up due to compression on the bg.

still can go better when experts put their efforts in .. just studying the Quick Mask feature heavily suggested here. some spots are still there to be done.

20 min flat work on this image.

Hope you'll like it.

Thank you Mital bhai... Have a lot to learn is PS. Sure a clean BG adds well too.
I am very much here to learn and do appreciate the effort put by you to teach us a few tricks.

Thanks again,

Kiran.

[Kiran Poonacha]

I'm OK with the sky too, it doesn't look out of place at all. Nice pose, and overall techs. Did you mask the subject to perform some work on the BG (e.g. NR?) The pale OOF spot at the lower wingtip does grab my attention.

Thank you DC, I used the layer trick to clean out the BG noise. Yeah I agree to the distraction. Will clone it out.

Thanks again.. Regards, Kiran.

[Kiran Poonacha]

I see no real reason to alter your original background. Only thing I see is that the beak gets a little lost in the head. Love the incoming pose...what was his target?

Thanks grace.. Yeah do agree the beak looks lost due to size reduction. The eagle was joining his friends to feast on a dead snake.

Regard,

Kiran.

[arash_hazeghi]

This is excellent Kiran, I love everything and prefer the original. The repost has manipulated the BG too much IMO.

[Steve Kaluski]

A cracking BIF image Kiran, both postings have merit in their own ways, but prefer the OP BKG colours because of the diversity and depth of colours, it has a richness to it, compared to the repost.

TFS
Steve

[Ken Watkins]

Kiran,

Truly remarkable shot both posts have their merits, but given the fact that I am a lazy processor, I would stick to the OP with just a tad removal of slight magenta cast

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Awesome one , bhai !! Love the OP .