Bald Eagle

[gail bisson]

Canon 1D MK IV
f 4.0 500 mm
ISO 1000
F 6.3
SS 1/1250
Manual
Small crop of ~ 15 % for composition
The BG is water
PP in LR3 and recovered some whites is CS5. Still learning to back off on overexposing with this camera compared to my 7D
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Sachin Saraf]

Excellent capture Gail. Nice feather details, HA,BG and sharpness. Love the fact that there are no shadows.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Very nice Gail, the IQ and the head turn are fantastic!

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful, Gail. Catchlight in the eye makes it for me.

[stuart wanuck]

excellent nicely done

[Morris Altman]

This is a delight to view Gail. You did a super job of maintaining detail in both the whites and dark feathers. The background has just enough detail to make it interesting.

Morris

[dankearl]

Terrific BIF, Gail, one of your best, I wouldn't change a thing.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, good placement in the frame, and I do like the head turn and eye contact. Sometimes having over-exposed does bring out the darker detail, as you have done here, and well done on the sharpness too. The eagle certainly pops from the BG. Well captured.

[Carmelo Cannova]

Fantastic shot. Love the pose look back. Great details in the feathers.

Carmelo

[Melissa Groo]

Wonderful shot, Gail. Great wing position, head angle, details, IQ, really one of your best. Congrats!
PS Wierd, the thumbnail for this shows what looks like a great blue heron carrying nesting material, at least on my screen!

[gail bisson]

Wonderful shot, Gail. Great wing position, head angle, details, IQ, really one of your best. Congrats!
PS Wierd, the thumbnail for this shows what looks like a great blue heron carrying nesting material, at least on my screen!

Hi Melissa,
I, too, have had the same problem with other people's posts. Must be related to the database crash.
Thanks to all for your comments.

[arash_hazeghi]

very good wing position and the look back saves the flying away. very nice BG, sharp and good details. the whites were hot, I;m sure next time you will nail it

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Wonderful pose, IQ and head turn, Gail. Love the details and the eye contact.

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!!! Wonderful flight shot, great wing position, excellent head angle, and very well exposed.
Well done.

[Richard Unsworth]

Missed this one till this morning; spot on timing and focus; read your techs with interest, must look at 1D MK4!

[Yves Guillot]

Very nice shot Gail! Great head turn and the little OOF tip wings confer a very good sense of movement. Congrats!

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the wing position, HA, and composition. Well done Gail!

[v.p.nurdeen]

Hi Gail,
beautiful bird in flight image and good wing position. TFS.
VPN

[Rod Warnock]

Excellent flight image, Gail !! Head angle and gaze of bird coupled with wing postion spot on. Feather detail great.
Best rergards
Rod Warnock