I love this shot. He looks like he is mad about something. We have a local eagle (at the bird sanctuary) that I enjoy taking pics of.
Great job, congrats.
Drake
Congrats on your first entry winning a ribbon! Excellent shot. This was one of my personal favorites in the challenge. This is truly a WOW image. The opportunity to get something like this doesn't come along very often.
Great capture! I like how we can see the heat of its breath. Dynamic composition - the diagonal line of the bird. I like how the light catches the top edge of the feathers. Nice undestractiing background, good uase of DOF. Wish it were bigger/ better resolution. 8
I can see this being used by "Nat geog" as a cover. Except for the aspect. If it could be shown portrait it would be perfect. Of course I am not sure what "surrounds the picture but if I were you I would get something like the "journal of freelance photographers handbook" (Wherever you are in the world it is still useful) and start submitting it.
Very good depth of field. Texture were captured beautifully. You can almost feel the soft feathers. Contrast is really good. The yellow of the beak really stand out and brings your eyes toward the eyes of the eagle. Wonderful shot.
WoW! What an awesome capture. This is just incredible. The crisp color, sharpness of the feathers, frosty breath, good composition and lighting... I can almost hear the squawk. Most excellent ... My only wish would be for this to be bigger ....
unfortunate that the pixel size wasn't not larger, i'm not sure if that's because you would lose resolution but this image is perfect for the challenge and seeing the breath really brings it home. awesome capture
I believe this could be a great image but really wish it were -much- larger (also to be able to comment intelligbly).
What appears to be breath drifting away from the eagle's head, would make this a worthwhile capture indeed.
Excellent image. I like the backlighting of the head and the breath. I recently got a promo from NG and it had a section on bald eagles. This shot could have easily been one of them. 10.
Everyone says this challenge is a difficult one to score. This picture is another splendid representation of nature with good detail, bringing us almost to the level of the bird being presented. My 8 may go up.
A really awesome photo! I saw that it won POTD at least once on other websites. I'd like to see a larger size. Excellent clarity, composition, and expression.
Great capture. It is similar to a NG recent cover (how great is that?!!!). I wish you submitted a larger photograph so your readers can see more details. At this size, I can see the clarity of your shot but it would even be more awesome at a larger size. The blurred background is excellent because it makes your subject stand out more. Congratulations and I hope you do well.
On the small side, but this shot is so good. Really a great job of light, focus, and color. Impressive and well worth a 9. Good luck in the challenge it's a great shot.
Wow. Excellent photo! I assume you must have cropped this down quite a bit but I think I might have left more empty space at the top left. I love the steam!
Beautiful picture. Remarkable clarity. the lighting on a whle bird is difficult in sunlight too, and you're done a very nice job with that. However, with the sharpness of this picture, you could easily have increased it's size by more than 50%. Your long side is 400pixels, and you're allowed up to 640. High vote from me...higher if you'd made it bigger.
Wow -- excellent job! The clarity of the shot is impressive, and the steam is a real cool plus here. I only wish you had submitted it at the full 640 pixels allowed. That's the only thing keeping me from giving it a 10.
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