Bald Eagle tight crop

Greetings,

I was shooting "my" eagles again and I just barely missed this shot by cutting the tips of his wing feathers off. What do you think, have I saved it with the tight crop?

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Looks a bit over-processed - light haloing on head and left wing (our right). But still a nice shot.

philk54 wrote in post #9812004
Looks a bit over-processed - light haloing on head and left wing (our right). But still a nice shot.

Thank you for the CC phil. Although I'm not seeing any haloing, I'm not going to say that I disagree. My eyes are probably weakening. I will take a better look at it in the morning.

Edit: Just to clarify the situation, what do you mean exactly by the term haloing? Thanks.

Perhaps I misused the term haloing. What I see is an unnatural look to the edges of the wing feathers and the line between the head and the wing behind it. I have seen this look on my own work if I oversharpen.

Good shot, however I agree with Phil that it looks a little oversharpened on the right side. Still a good pic though.

It's a bit underexposed and yes, some oversharpening or other processing artifact is showing up around the edges. It makes it look like the bird was cut out of another photo and pasted onto the blue background.

As far as the crop goes, it seems a little too tight against the beak. If there were a bit more room at the front it would be nice.

Thanks for the help, guys.

All critisisms considered, how's this?

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cuted taile and wing do this pic not very good.

It's better, and I think you've probably "saved" it as much as you can for this particular shot. I guess it depends on what you want to use it for.

Personally, I'd consider it a learning shot as far as PP goes, file it away and try for other shots later.

The way the light is coming off of the wing, above its head looks really odd to me and I don't have any suggestions/ideas on fixing that.

Cuted?

Cropped?

This was the main problem with this shot...the original had the tips of his right wing cut off. I tried to crop the rest of the bird into a full-framed shot in order to give the appearance of an intentional tight crop. This was an effort to save one of my sharper shots from being a throwaway. Maybe I just need a better shot.

Being in Vic, you have loads of opportunities to get more shots..wait until the herons start nesting in Oak Bay

Snydremark wrote in post #9823153
The way the light is coming off of the wing, above its head looks really odd to me and I don't have any suggestions/ideas on fixing that.

Right, I see the bit now that you are talking about. The way the light reflects off the bird's left wing feathers. Personally, this was my favorite part of the shot. I guess I must be off my rocker! Hehe...here is the picture sans any PP to show that the feathers look just the same right from the camera.

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Flo wrote in post #9824014
Being in Vic, you have loads of opportunities to get more shots..wait until the herons start nesting in Oak Bay

Indeed. I went on a picnic today in rural Saanich and happened across a nest that I wasn't aware of. Two adults and an immature providing tonnes of great, close-up action. I will be visiting my new find frequently, all summer long. That's a guarantee.

oh, I believe that it's the way the wing looked coming out of the camera; and now I understand why reflections off of the white fixtures would do that...

Good luck with your new find. A nest that you can hang out near by is terrific!

Snydremark wrote in post #9826139
Good luck with your new find. A nest that you can hang out near by is terrific!

Thank you, sir. I missed my best opportunity for a good shot today when I was taking close-ups of a snake. My zoom lense was laying on the ground beside me when I looked up and saw one of the resident eagles soaring above me, just feet from my head. Would've been a great chance for a nice close-up shot...next time I'll get it!