Rehabilitated Bald Eagle in front of American flag: taken at the Wild Bird Sanctuary in West St. Louis County, MO. This is my first entry and I welcome any constructive criticism. I would have liked to have the subject off-center, but oh well. Just lightened a small bit and USM. No spot editing.
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Crystal clear photo. Very nicely exposed. Have to admit that I cringe at the overwrought, "patriotic" title, but I certainly won't mark down a great photo for that.
Wonderful - he feels crowded in the front, however. Could he have more room to look into the future with, maybe a little less room behind him? It feels unbalanced to me. 9
I am a collector of eagle photographs. I have more than I can even count at this time, but I have never seen one that is this up-close and shows such clear and concise detail of the animal. This is a fantastic photograph!
Love this composition with the way you've capatured the eagle's profile with the American flag in the background. I think the white feathers are a bit lacking in detail, but still, very nice job.
Nice and sharp (perhaps only ever so slightly oversharpened), nicely blurred background. I'd have been tempted to apply NeatImage just to the background. However, you have chosen to centre your subject in the frame. This tends not to work to well with animals, as the point of focus is always the eyes, and here the eye looks as if it has not been placed at a deliberate point within the frame. I would have centred the eye, which would also have given the eagle some negative space to look into. Shame some of the white of the eagle's head has been cropped off. I think you could have brought out more highlight detail in PS.
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