Bald Eagle

[jubbin2001]

Here is an image I captured of a bald eagle at the zoo the yesterday.

1/160 @ F6 ISO 400

Thought I would share and see what everyone thought.

 

[Frequency]

Loved its sharpness

Regards

 

[Marc-Etienne]

Very nice shot!! How far were you to take such a great picture?

 

[Ro101]

That picture is Awesome!! Which camera did you use??

 

[Bridget Greenwood]

great shot

 

[rdukeshire]

Great shot. Was this cropped, and if so how much more of the picture could you have played with.

 

[Miladymimi]

Nice crisp picture, I like the feather detail.

 

[jubbin2001]

Thanks all for the kind comments! I actually thought that the pic was "ok" but I think we are always more critical of ourselves than others, so I really do feel better now, since you've supported the idea that it is a pretty good image. Q&A time .

First - Image was shot at 135mm, and I believe I was somewhere in the 8'-10' range away. The eagle was very kind to have made it so easy. I wish he/she would have stuck around more, so I could have gotten a few more from different angles. But I snapped about 3 images, and then it was off. This was the best of those 3.

I currently have a Nikon D80, and this particular case, the lens is a 28-300mm Tamron zoom. I did also use my flash which is a Nissen Di622. I only have an 18-55mm kit lens, and a 100mm Vivitar macro for lenses. I have been trying to get used to the Tamron, and it seems the more I learn about it, the better the images I am getting. I do want to upgrade eventually to something faster, but for now, I have to stick to what I have.

I did do some PP and did crop the image. I didn't want the "subject always centered" look to the image. Though the image did start that way. I knew I needed to change it a bit, and I felt the crop used looked the best out of what I had tried.

Here is the original image, I thought I would post it as a before and after kind if thing....or in this case after then before .

 

[DennyCrane]

Terrific shot. The profile view is the best way to shoot eagles, in my opinion.

 

[FranDaMan]

Good post processing ! The original is nothing more than a so-so snapshot.

 

[jubbin2001]

Thanks! Yeah I really wanted more impact with the image. I am actually considering getting and 8x10 done to hang in the house. Who knows, I might just get this photography thing down one day...:lmao: