Lbrown
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He was well hidden high in a tree, mid-morning sun. Sony A6400, 200-600mm G - f/6.3 1/800s ISO250
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Bald Eagle late Fall
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BAL Land
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Welcome! You’ve got a beautiful bird there, as well as the foliage! The sharpness is very good, and the noise control looks spot on to me! Unfortunately the shooting angle is poor, you can’t really do much to control that in this situation, because the bird was too high up for a pleasing, eye level shot. The whites on the neck are completely blown out(too bright with no detail). It’s not really possible to fix that in this shot because they’re so bright, so next time use more exposure compensation to darken them down in the field. I also wouldn’t crop off the bottom of the bird’s tail.
Lbrown
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Thnx BAL, and thank you for the comprehensive critique! I totally agree with your assessment. I shot this a year ago, before I knew about camera angle and blown highlights. I shoot manual now with auto ISO and use exposure compensation plus the "zebra" feature of Sony cameras to keep the hightlights in check.
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Helo48
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Bold Eagle on the trip to the Katmai Coast in Mid-Septembre. Z9+100-400, f5.6,1/400, ISO 4000.
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Nice scene, nice pose, eagle is placed perfect. I politely suggest a tad more editing. (last photo)
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