First post

Gallery: AvianPosted December 4, 2012167 views6 comments

Hi all,

I am new to NPN, just joined after lurking the site for about a year. From the work I've seen, I have much more to learn than to offer, but in the spirit of joining in, here is my first post:

Bald eagle photo taken on Farmington River in Connecticut in late September. Eagles are becoming more common in the state, but still rare enough that I stopped for this photo, especially since he stayed perched in this classic pose long enough for me to get a few shots.

Nikon D7000
70-300mm Nikon ED-IF lens
taken at 300mm, 1/400s, f5.6 handheld.
Cropped a bit since eagle was about 225 yards away. No other enhancements since light was flat, with light cloud cover.

Comments/critiques welcome.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 4, 2012 at 12:52 PM

Not sure why, but image is not loading for me, Fred. It may be my end, but other's images are loading, so you may want to see if you can get it to load.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Fred Laberge on December 4, 2012 at 1:05 PM

Registered on December 2, 2012, 3 Posts, 17 Comments

Comment posted by Fred Laberge on December 4, 2012 at 1:06 PM

Thanks, Ron. I am not sure why either but I will try again.

Registered on December 2, 2012, 3 Posts, 17 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 4, 2012 at 1:35 PM

Fred are you uploading this as a jpeg file? I don't see it either.

Later—I could see it in IE, but not in Chrome or Firefox. Go figure?

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on December 4, 2012 at 1:43 PM

I haven't posted in this gallery for a while, but welcome to NPN, Fred. The eagle looks sharp, but it's hard to tell where the image is so small. You are allowed to post images with the longest side being 720px, and then a larger one if you like, at 1200.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 4, 2012 at 6:02 PM

Welcome to NPN Avian and I lok forward to your images and comments.

This jpg loaded with no issues for me - Safari on a Mac.

This definitely needs to be larger for proper evaluation and meaningful feedback - its only 320 pixels on the longest side instead of the permitted 720.

Also, I'd guess that the crop is a lot more than "a bit" if this was shot at 300mm from 225 yards. Visit my web site and click on the "Calculating crop percentages" topic.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments