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Take it easy on me cause I’m just a slow, methodical landscape photographer who knows nothing about shooting wildlife. Just kidding. Any and all criticism is w elcome.I didn’t even have enough sense to have the drive on continuous and only got two frames.
The lighting is bad, overhead, harsh sunlight. Bland sky. Washed out colors. Old Sigma 300mm macro lens. That said I think I got a decent pose for the bird.
There is no such thing as a crappy photo of an eagle! (just kidding). There are certainly things we can’t always control when shooting photos of birds in motion, such as the sky/background or how the light falls on a bird in flight. That being said, I like the composition here (perhaps cropping a bit on the left side will make the eagle more prominent) and I would try, if possible, to bring out the highlights of his head and wings a bit. Still, a nice photo!
Looks pretty good for a rookie. IMO the eagle looks pretty good. It has plenty of detail and I like the fact the the wings are spread. The timing was pretty good as you caught it between the branches of the trees. I played around with this by adding some contrast because the image looked a little flat. I also dodged the head of the eagle some. This is just my personal preference, but I could see cloning out the branches in front of and below the eagle so as to give it a place to fly. Was this up at Conowingo Dam? This is better than I could do. Here is what I was thinking.
A very good catch, Michael. I see where Ed is going, but the eagle in the repost feels way too contrasty to me. I think if you just select the eagle and bring the shadows up a bit it would help bring out feather detail. I also usually apply some micro-contrast to the bird to bring out feather detail, then do some final adjustments in LR using the local adjustment brush.
I like the tree behind the eagle and the branches in the upper right. I think they frame the eagle very well. I might play with removing the branches coming in the bottom to see if it looks better that way (I’m not sure about it, but it’s easy to do and discard it if it doesn’t pan out.)
IMO the eagle looks pretty good. It has plenty of detail and I like the fact the the wings are spread. The timing was pretty good as you caught it between the branches of the trees. I played around with this by adding some contrast because the image looked a little flat. I also dodged the head of the eagle some. This is just my personal preference, but I could see cloning out the branches in front of and below the eagle so as to give it a place to fly. Was this up at Conowingo Dam? This is better than I could do. Here is what I was thinking.