Eagle Portrait

Here's a shot I took earlier this year. Just re-found it tonight. I kinda liked it but the white at the very top of his head just seemed a little too hot to me. Anyway I hope you like it and thanks for looking.

WOW, nice capture. Wish we had more eagles here to get close up shots. I saw my first eagles in flight this Saturday.

That is Great Ray, Very Well done!!

Wow, Lovely shot, needs to be framed.

Very nice shot Ray.

Probably not much you could do about the hot-spot, you'd have lost the dark feathers. Its a small area, so maybe you could just clone a few feathers there to hide it?

Still a wonderful detailed image.

Great shot Ray, it must be nice to shoot these beautiful birds....steve

Thank you CoolPix,Gary, Greg, John and Steve.

JC4 wrote in post #4474842
Very nice shot Ray.

Probably not much you could do about the hot-spot, you'd have lost the dark feathers. Its a small area, so maybe you could just clone a few feathers there to hide it?

Still a wonderful detailed image.

Thank you . I will give the cloning idea a try. I do believe you are right about losing the dark area.

Great shot indeed! Love the angle of the shot capturing the tree background.

Very nice shot mate

Nicely done..I have yet to see one of these up close.

The whites are a little hot like you said, but you needed to get the details in the darker feathers so not much you could have done exposure-wise. That's the challenge with high-contrast subjects like eagles. Possibly to a little burn on some of those white areas, might bring out some of the detail. Nice to see all the green - here in MN everything is so monochrome this time of year!

Nicely done Ray, Here is a very quick clone and dodge job, I'm not very good at PP, but this will give you an idea.

Wow!!! What a shot, up close and personal.

Excellent shot, he looks wet.