Severe crop, 66%, processed in LR2
Ran multiple Nik filters in CEP and SEP
Cloned out small amount of straw stuck to talons
Resize, minor brightness/contrast, sharpen
[Dec. 1st, 2009 04:43:42 PM]
A little update during voting:
This image is receiving a number of comments about the banding in the sky, I figured it would. This was intentional. As I went through the processing and saw the banding occurring in a circular pattern I decided I liked it and pushed it a bit further. I felt it added even more drama to what was already a quite dramatic shot processed in b/w. The banding occurred due to the sever crop I did on the full size image. Even so it seems to be scoring pretty well at about 6.78 after 50 votes.
Post Voting:
Wow! I did not think this would make the top 5! What with the heavy crop and banding but I had hope as I thought it was quite dramatic. Thanks to all who voted.
And for those who asked here is the color version:
Statistics
Place: 5 out of 366 Avg (all users): 6.9108 Avg (commenters): 7.5217 Avg (participants): 6.9211 Avg (non-participants): 6.8837 Views since voting: 2035 Views during voting: 1101 Votes: 157 Comments: 33 Favorites: 5 (view)
Riveting and extremely pleasing at the same time; I think because of the watercolour/brush painting feel of the feathers. The banding, which I would not have noticed at first were it not for the comments, really seems cunningly arranged: Van Gogh-ish, even like plasma nudged away by the energy of the eagle. If I had to I would classify this as art rather than wildlife photography, an elevation in my opinion.
Well, this proves that banding does not injure a score here. And here I've been fussing over it when I have it in one of my own shots! Killer placement in a freestudy, congrats.
I am soooooooooooooooo sick of eagle shots, because they are all nearly identical -- Crisp yellow beak in profile, photoshopped eyes, detailed feather array, etc. But not this one. Thanks for showing us something different, that captures the bird and not the ideal. 10.
To me he has more of a guilty caught in the act look in his eye. Interesting shot in that it is not the normal eagle picture with their wings spread out. I would have like to have seen it in color.
He looks like the bald eagle that looks the other way when he's flying, and then hits a big tree. the other eagles going like: "HEY! HARVEY!" Harvey's like: "HUH?" BANG! Nevermind me... Commenting to much. Beautifull photo this is
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