Eagle Landing

Gallery: AvianPosted May 30, 2011108 views7 comments

A shot of one of the nesting pair by me. Although the weather has been nice this weekend, we have had rain 26 of 30 days, making the photo ops with these birds few and far between. This was taken about a month ago. Shot horizontally and cropped vertically. I thought the wing position lent itself to a vertical crop, but may need a bit more room.

D300 w/Sigma 50-500 @ 500mm
f/8
1/800
iso500
EC -0.3
tripod mounted

As always your comments and critique are welcomed and appreciated.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by May Haga on May 30, 2011 at 2:13 PM

Excellent feather detail and great action. Well done Doug.
May

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on May 30, 2011 at 2:37 PM

Wonderful action pose. Powerful. I like the vertical composition. Don't know if have just a touch more room on the bottom or not? Great details. Both the larger and smaller versions look like they may be a touch oversharpened, especially evident on the head. Very minor issues with an excellent image.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on May 30, 2011 at 4:35 PM

WOW! Doug this is definitely a great shot. By the look in its eye this Bald Eagle definitely means business. Great capture.

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Comment posted by David Sparks on May 30, 2011 at 7:12 PM

Doug:
I like the vertical comp. Terrific capture. Hope the weather cooperates and gives you more opportunities.

Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Maile on May 30, 2011 at 9:24 PM

Awesome detail Doug, wow!! Great color, detail, etc., amazing. Scroll down just a bit, and I would probably cut off that bottom part of the branch to emphasize the bird even more... just leave enough below the talons for room. Minor, this is incredible IMO. Vertical works too!

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 31, 2011 at 8:35 AM

Great pose and feather detail Doug

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on May 31, 2011 at 11:07 AM

Perfect timing! Like the strong vertical composition and the details in the wings.

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