Afican Fish Eagle #2
Taken at Xaro Lodge, Botswana
Eagle was baited with tiger fish
Canon 7D
F 2.8 70-200mm
ISO 640
F 6.3
SS 1/2000
I like this one because the eagle flew right at me after getting the fish and the wing position is a bit different.
PP in LR3 and cloned out 3 specular highlights in the BG above eagle's head. Did S &H and NR and sharpening of jpeg in CS5
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail
Lovely shot, great timing - what enormous feet the bird has!! You say you sharpened the jpeg in CS5, did you mean it was a TIFF that was sharpened that was subsequently made into a jpeg?
Wonderful action caPTURED. tHE FACT THAT IT IS COMING AT YOU IS A BIG PLUS. Might think about making it a vertical as I feel there is too much space on the right and left.
An impressive image! The fish looks like the real thing rather than a bait!! I am not sure about the need to include the green at the top.
Gail:
The big feet grasping the fish, down the barrel view,splash, slight tilt of the bird to one side, all good.
I could see it as a vertical as Joe mentioned. I can see it both with and without the green. Gives a bit more depth to the picture, but the splash really gives the water enough detail behind the bird to help in that regard. I would try it without, let it stew for a couple of days, and see which one you prefer.
Cheers
Randy
You got some good stuff on this trip Gail. Wish I was there. I agree about losing the green top. This shows some great action and I love those grasping talons.
Hi Gail, what I like in this, is the direct eye contact the FE is giving you, as if saying - 'did you get the shot.' Im sure your shutter was really going for this sequence. I do like the different wing position, and Im sure you have plenty different ones too. I dont mind the vegetation at the top, but would soften it a lot more. You do know that is a tiger fish he has caught.
Nice head on angle, colors look good and the splashes add. I assume thats blood from the Tiger Fish in the splashes...A couple of mates of mine have done the baiting of FE's in Bots and have come away with the most amazing images...It made me very jealous!
I must admit that I do not like baiting just for the purpose of getting images but I know they do this in Xaro.
Even so I am surprised that they would use a Tiger Fish as bait as there was I thought a catch and release policy in the northern area of the Okavango river, so perhaps this was not the bait?
Nice capture, Gail! Love the eye contact! And that firm grasp on the fish! Would like to see it without green strip as well.
Thanks for the comments. Here is a repost without the green. I tried it as a vertical but didn't like it.
Ken,
I am pretty sure it is a tiger fish but could be wrong. They also used bream and catfish I think. I don't know about the catch and release rules.
Jonathan,
I usually sharpen the jpeg at the appropriate size for BPN in CS5. Is there a better way?
Stuart,
The blood is from the fish
Great head on shot Gail. The fish in grasp is an added bonus! I actually like the first post better (your original one). I feel taking the green out puts this guy to close to the top. The action that you captured here is great though. Love the slight wing blur on the feather tips at the ends of the wings, gives a nice subtle sense of motion.
excellent! I love the action and the fish! I also prefer the repost
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Repost is great...I would try sharpening after resizing, I never liked sharpening the JPEG....Try it, see what you think
Gail I would recommend the following maxim, do as much as possible in ACR, as little as possible in Photoshop, culimating with resizing, then either Smart Sharpen on Unsharp Mask, then Save for Web setting "optimise to File Size" (the top right drop down box) to 195 - 199k.
There is a school of thought that recommends you sharpen at two stages for web, eg at say 2048px followed by a second lesser amount at 1024px. Having said that you can of course vary the amount of sharpening to you own particular taste in which case you will probably end up seeing little difference in either technique.
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