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Challenge: Best of 2008 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Portage Glacier, Alaska
Date: Jun 11, 2008
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Birds
Date Uploaded: Jan 12, 2009
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An eagle at Portage Glacier. I had a couple of choices for best of 2008 but I love birds, birds of prey in particular. Eagles go over well here and this one is better than the hawks I have, so I am back to eagles.
Not much editing - curves, sharpen (with a mask this time - did it work?), think that's about it. I know it would score better here with a lot of editing, but I prefer not to. Well, maybe as I stare at it longer, I'll change my mind... How this looks is dependent on your monitor. On my two home monitors, which show all blocks below an image, it looks good. On my cheap work monitor, which doesn't show the difference in the four whitest and two blackest boxes, the head is slightly blown. Oh well...
Title taken from Eagle's Song, "Early Bird."
Any old day you say,
ain't gonna fade away
any old day you say,
ain't gonna fade away |
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01/20/2009 03:41:49 PM |
| wonderful capture - great detail |
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01/17/2009 03:03:39 PM |
| wonderful capture...although it is quite "white" could the brightness been brought up just a tad? really great.. |
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01/17/2009 10:52:36 AM |
| vibrant , nicely sharpened, nice DOF, well done |
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01/16/2009 01:15:47 PM |
| seems like a bit of the detail is lost on the top part of his head. i might have gotten rid of that pinkish background, its a bit distracting from the bird itself. |
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01/16/2009 01:03:24 PM |
| Wow . . .super sharp. Great job! 7 |
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01/16/2009 12:19:07 PM |
| What a dramatic pose. He looks kinda crowded on the top. Maybe his stern look is because the ceiling of photo frame is too low. Great focus. |
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01/16/2009 08:04:42 AM |
| nice intense pose and good sharpness of focus - the crop seems a bit tight at the top - having a bit more space up there might provide it a bit less 'closed' feel |
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01/16/2009 07:51:20 AM |
| Excellent detail! Beautiful image! Love the intensity of the gaze. 8 |
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