Perched

Gallery: AvianPosted December 3, 2012191 views6 comments

I don't usually bother with "bird on a stick" type photos, but this perched baldie shot really jumped out at me so I went ahead and processed it. Plenty of detail on the bird (to my eye at least), but I'm still on the fence about it due to the busy background.

As always, comments & suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Moose Pass, Alaska
Canon 7D
Canon 100-400 @ 400mm
1/400 sec @ f5.6
iso 500

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 4, 2012 at 12:32 AM

Fine portrait of this baldy! Nice pose and fine detail on the head and most of the feathers.
The BG doesn't bother me a bit, since the eagle is so sharp and isolated.
Excellent!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 4, 2012 at 4:23 AM

I like this one too

Very clean frontal view with a nice pose and great head turn. The bare tree limbs give a good sense of the season, they don't seem distracting to me at all. I may be tempted to try to pull out more deatil in the darker feathers though.

Sweet Photo Guy!

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 4, 2012 at 4:47 AM

Super shot Guy. Love the low light and detail on the bird. BG is a plus for me. Nice lines.

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on December 4, 2012 at 7:34 PM

This is one for the wall great capture!

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 5, 2012 at 2:37 PM

I like the shot as posted with the head turn and eye contact. I also might try to bring up some feather detail on the dark back side, way to go.

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Comment posted by Guy Runco on December 7, 2012 at 1:59 AM

Thanks for the comments everyone, I'll definitely try to bring more detail out of the dark feathers.

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