Bald Eagle in flight

[Doug Brown]

I photographed this eagle in Utah in February. I liked this photo except that I clipped the lower wing. After seeing Artie's post, I decided to attempt my own fix. I'm interested in what the Photoshop experts have to say about my effort. I was fortunate to have another frame of the same bird showing the entirety of the lower wing.



Canon 1D Mark III, 500mm + 1.4x, f/10, 1/1600, ISO 800, manual exposure, handheld, no flash

[Dan Brown]

Great shot Doug! I am kinda new at digital capture and I am curious about shooting at the higher ISO's as this 800. Did you have to reduce noise in your workflow to produce this file? I have shot a few shots at the higher ISO's and I didn't like the results. I shoot a Nikon D200, would this make a big difference?

Dan Brown, p.s. I wonder if we are related?

[Doug Brown]

No NR applied to this image. ISO 800 on a Mark III is totally usable, although I normally do use Noise Ninja on the BG. High ISO performance of the Mark III is better than that of the D200, and probably on a par with the D300. I'll let the Nikon guys weigh in on that comparison.

Don't think we're related; what part of the world do you reside in?

[gary rouleau]

Dan that is terrific - I was wondering, if and when you print it would you see any pixilation? I mean a large print 20x30.

[Doug Brown]

Actually, it's Doug that took the photo, not Dan. When i zoom in on the image, I don't see any pixelation. The bird occupied the majority of the frame in the original.

[Dan Brown]

Hi Doug, this is Dan. Sorry for the confusion, although I'd really like to take credit for your great shot! I am in Sacramento, CA.

[gary rouleau]

I'm Sorry Doug. There's too many Brown's on one site.

[Mike Godwin]

Terrific Shot Doug... Looks perfect on my screen!

Mike Godwin
Gatorland

[Philip Lombard]

Great job Doug, you can not tellwe

[Steve Ashton]

Not a PS expert. But your wok here looks good to me. Very nice image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose, eye contact and BG. I might give it a tad more room.

[Doug Brown]

It was a fun exercise for me. I'm much more accustomed to removing things from photos (twigs, etc.) than I am to adding things. I was able to salvage a pretty good photo too. Maybe later I'll post the original.

[Doug Brown]

Here are the original eagle with the clipped wing and the good wing tip from another photo. I just copied the good wing tip and pasted it into its own layer in the Photoshop file for the photo you see in the original post. I then copied and pasted each wing tip using a free transform to match the shape of each feather. A little cumbersome maybe, but it worked.