Fish Eagle

Gallery: AvianPosted July 17, 2013127 views14 comments

This is full frame , so I would be interested to know what if anything could be cropped?
Taken on Rhino Island, Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe
EOS 1DX
500mm F4 MkII
ISO 800
F5.6
1/5000
EV +0.33
hand held from open vehicle

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on July 17, 2013 at 8:28 AM

I don't see where cropping would improve this capture Ken. Not much room anyway. Nice detail on this Eagle and the comp really shows off its impressive wingspan.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on July 17, 2013 at 1:00 PM

Excellent flight shot & great that you got it full frame. See no reason to crop. Great sharpness & color.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on July 17, 2013 at 1:09 PM

Ken: Very nice flight image. Exposure looks great. I played a little with the image and tried a vertical crop. That seemed to work, especially after adding a bit of canvas top and bottom. It also works well as presented.

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Comment posted by John Sherman on July 17, 2013 at 3:53 PM

Cropwise it looks good and good light and pose. There seems to be a halo around the feathers - perhaps from bumping up the blue saturation in the sky? This might just look like this on a backlit display, but not show on a print.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on July 17, 2013 at 5:56 PM

A beautiful eagle captured very nicely in flight. Excellent details. I am with Keith for adding canvas and trying for a vertical composition. Sweet photo as presented too.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on July 17, 2013 at 8:24 PM

This is great, Ken.
I like landscape versions, if this were mine, I not touch it regarding any cropping.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 17, 2013 at 9:07 PM

Great pose Ken

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 18, 2013 at 2:41 AM

Thanks everybody, I will look into trying a vertical

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Comment posted by Bill Marsh on July 18, 2013 at 2:26 PM

Looks great the way it is Ken. No room for cropping. Excellent exposure and detail against the bright sky. Well done!.

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Comment posted by Bill Marsh on July 18, 2013 at 2:26 PM

Looks great the way it is Ken. No room for cropping. Excellent exposure and detail against the bright sky. Well done!.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on July 18, 2013 at 10:52 PM

Outstanding pose, Ken. I too would go with Keith's suggestion on composing this vertical.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on July 19, 2013 at 2:42 PM

İmage shows amazing details, Larger one must see. TFS.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 20, 2013 at 12:33 AM

Thanks for the further comments which are much appreciated

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on July 20, 2013 at 8:33 AM

Regarding your question....I think you could do all kinds of cropping with this by adding canvas and tilting the image, but why? It's nice as presented! I am seeing just a touch of a halo on the leading edges of the wings. Very nice colors and excellent flight pose. Sharon

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