# Bald Eagle Lift Off

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bald-eagle-lift-off/43769>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [October 27, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bald-eagle-lift-off/43769 "2024-10-27T21:43:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bald-eagle-lift-off/43769/1 "2024-10-27T21:43:31Z")

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### Image

 ![Bald Eagle 24.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/2/e/2ed42ecb865df60e6747971fea0951bf231c4d2f.jpeg)  
 ![Bald Eagle 25.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/a/9a9661918beef091e2784a5a1d6ceaa53c1574ff.jpeg)  
 ![Bald Eagle 26.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/7/1/715a7587dfab19b941f7355d15f518c03d399ff8.jpeg)

### Image Description

I just returned from a photography trip to Reelfoot Lake, a cypress swamp in northwest Tennessee. We saw several bald eagles there. Here is one taking off.

### Feedback Requests

Any thoughts on composition on these?  
I notice the background on the posted images is somewhat pixelated which is not present in the original files. These were not large crops.

### Pertinent Technical Details

Canon R7, Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary  
ISO 800, f7.1, 1/5000s, hand held from boat.

Processed in DXO PureRaw 3 and Photoshop.

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**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bald-eagle-lift-off/43769/2 "2024-10-27T23:24:53Z")

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Wonderful!! You held onto great tonal detail on the undersides of these dark birds – not easy to pull off! I wouldn’t have noticed any posterization – there may be a little in the clouds, almost certainly from JPEG compression. I’d bet it would disappear on a larger file (exported at a higher “quality” setting) but I doubt anyone would ever notice it even here. The birds are so eye-popping who would see anything in the sky!

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**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bald-eagle-lift-off/43769/4 "2024-10-28T02:09:50Z")

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All show excellent detail, particularly in lights and darks. I prefer the first one as I think it tells more of the story.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/bald-eagle-lift-off/43769/5 "2024-10-28T20:34:47Z")

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These work very nicely, Allen. I do like the first two with the perch as stand alone images, but the third fits nicely as part of the series. To my eye, the whites look just a bit gray-I think you could push them a bit further and still retain that nice feather detail.