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Back at the city Eagles, This one just dropped off new bedding of the nest. March 11, at 7 AM.
Thank you for stopping by.
Peter

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Z8, Nikon 180-600mm & 1.4ext, f9, 840mm, 1/1600, ISO 2500 and cropped by 50% in DXO PhotoLab8. I also used control points on the head to lower the whites.

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Excellent, Peter. I really like the eagle’s position in this one. What frame rate are you shooting at? I’m just wondering if you got the shot as he came on the other side of that branch that’s blocking the tip of the tail?

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Nice look of the eagle coming at you, Peter. Very good detail and those feet are huge.

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Peter - great catch of this flying eagle! I’d be tempted to remove the diagonal branch below those huge talons.
Nice detail and environment. A burst of 10-30 FPS (frames per second) might have gotten other cool poses, as Dennis suggested. For flying birds, I’m always at 30 FPS - entails a LOT of tedious culling, but often produces reall good wing positions (like this one).
Excellent!

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Hi Peter, nice pose you have captured. I like the head on view and the spread wings. Composition looks good to me. The head of the bird seems a tad soft to me.

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Hi Peter, Really nice take off image. A little busy in the background, but hey, that’s nature.

I set my Z8 to 20 FPS and yes, throw a ton away, but with electronic shutter, there’s nothing to really wear out. And I get to select the nicer ones. I only wish it had pre capture in Raw. Oh well.

Terrific image.

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Hi Dennis, Allen Brook, Sandy, Allen Sparks & David.
Thank you for your comments. First the camera was set to 20fps, no pre-capture. Unfortunately, remove an object like the branch, is not one of DXO PhotoLab’s strong points. I did try to increase the sharpness on the Eagle head and here is the next frame of that takeoff. After that I lost the Eagle in the tree.
Peter

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I see why you went with the first one, Peter. It looks like the focus was starting to go off just a bit in the second, though I do love the light on the wings.

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As said, this one is excellent. I love the coming at you look and the direct stare from the eagle as it is coming at you. It makes you a bit wary of what the intentions are. Great shot.

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Hi Dennis & Ed
After the second frame the Eagle dropped down and the camera lost focus in the tree. Thank you for the comments.
Peter