Challenge:Birds (Advanced Editing IV) Camera:Olympus E-300 EVOLT Location: Roger Williams Park Zoo Date: Jun 9, 2005 Aperture: f4.5 ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/50 sec Date Uploaded: Jun 11, 2005
Two bald eagles at Roger Williams Park Zoo...they were injured in the wild and unable to fly distances. Picture was cropped, curves and unsharp mask used. Cloned out a small discolored area to bottom right of eagles and burned background on right of upper eagle.
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Stunning image, very well balanced. Nice tones and detail in the birds and textures. I do find the twigs/branches in the upper right corner a bit distracting.
I personally do not like the bamboo/cane/vine splitting the 2 birds. But I could see where others would welcome it.
The background seems a bit muddled but nothing you could have done about it. Overall a powerful image with what has become of our national birds. A closer crop or zoom might have gained it some points.
Very noble looking and well-composed. It's kinda sad seeing them in captivity, but at my zoo, they are eagles that have been hurt and would die on their own in the wild. I hope that's the case with these beautiful creatures too.
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