Juvenile eagle

Gallery: AvianPosted December 27, 200981 views6 comments

This image was taken this summer. This juvenile eagle flew right over my head looking for some leftover fish along the coast in Port Edward, BC, Canada. I was lucky enough that she looked down and the light just touched her head and right claw.

Here is another go at resizing the image. I hope this is better than my last post and hopefully I'll get it right soon. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Nikon D300, 300mm f2.8 VR on.
f4 1/1500 ISO 200
75% cropped
- Jose

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 27, 2009 at 10:24 PM

Congrats on getting this juv BE. They are seen infrequently in these parts and never this close. With such a low ISO, I think you'll be able to tease some more detail out of those dark areas. When you say 75% cropped, do you mean that it's 25% of the original image, or 75% of the original? It looks like it could use some more room all the way around.

- Luke

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Jose Diaz on December 27, 2009 at 10:45 PM

Luke,
Sorry, the photo is 75% of the original. I appreciate your comment about the room. I have no more room on the right side (left wing), but I could increase the amount of room in front of it. I personally like the images a bit dark, but you are right it losses detail. (I'll give it a go and see how it looks) Thanks for your comments...

Registered on December 24, 2009, 4 Posts, 25 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on December 28, 2009 at 7:19 AM

Jose

Nice work getting the light on the bird's head and talon. I would work on pulling out more detail in the dark areas, juvenile eagles have such marvelous detail in their plumage it is a shame we can not see that here. Using some EV compensation may have helped in camera when photographing this.

You did great on the size images posted, the large version shows nice sharpness on the head and bill.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 28, 2009 at 9:22 AM

Jose, Perfect timing to get that downward look from the eagle. I like the scalloped effect of the trailing edges of the wings and the nice blue sky. I would prefer a bit more room in front of the bird especially and a little more detail in the darks.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on December 28, 2009 at 10:32 AM

I really like that head turn that gives you a nice look at the eye. More room in front would be nice. I too like my images darker than most but I do think you could get more details in the feathers with this lightened just a tiny bit.

Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on December 29, 2009 at 9:33 PM

Amazing great detail!

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments