Bald Eagles

[Jameel Hyder]

Don't do much of BIF. Had a chance recently to catch some bald eagles.

Comments and Critique much appreciated as I am relative newbie at this.

 

[beavens]

Jameel,

Nice shots! #1 is my favorite in terms of capture and comp - you don't see many bird shots in a square crop but I think this works nicely. Might be running a bit warm, but that could be the nice golden light of when you shot. I would consider dropping the oranges a little.

#2 looks slightly hot and maybe too pushed with clarity and sat.

#3 might need some masking clean-up around the eagle and your DOF seems to be a bit lacking compared to 1 and 2.

Overall very nice stuff and I dig #1 a whole lot!

Jeff

 

[Ben Egbert]

Another vote for 1, and theses are immature baldies, as indicated by the white spots on the wings, probably one more year to full adult plumage.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Thanks for the comments. Will look into the processing.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Jameel, #1 is just amazing !

 

[AlanLichty]

Chalk me up as yet another fan of that first image - nice way to start out shooting birds in flight.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Jameel,

Pretty good work on these. I tried to pick favorites but they are all different enough that it’s hard. I have really only gotten to shoot Bald Eagles once and that was an awesome experience.

 

[Martín el Escocés]

Great catch on no1 in particular, Jameel. I so love that gritty fixed expreassion of grim determination you so often see with eagles!