Taken late in the day with it's tail spread wide!

Posted by Anthony Medici on Wed Sep 03, 2003 6:45 pm

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(Bald Eagle) Homer, Alaska

The original had a slightly clipped right wing. I decided to crop this close and see what people thought.

Handheld Nikon D1H, 500mm F4.0 AFS, ISO 320, Shutter Priority, 1/400 @ F5.3. Cropped to maybe 50% original width.

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by Jim Neiger on Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:08 pm

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Another great Eagle shot Tony. I like the lighting and the composition with the clipped wingtips.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:11 pm

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Tony,

Another great eagle shot. I like where you cropped the wings. It looks intentional rather than by accident. The exposure looks great and so does the light.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:18 pm

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You know I love it, Tony.

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by Bob Cameron on Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:44 pm

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Tony, who wouldn't love this picture! Great shot and an appealing crop.
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by Jim Urbach on Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:09 pm

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Tony,

Well croppped, excellent eagle image.

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by Lillian Roberts on Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:21 pm

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I rarely see a wing-cropped image I like, but this one rocks. Well seen!

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by Brian K. on Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:40 pm

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Tony,

Not only is it a great shot, but handheld with your 500mm f4! Nice job. I like the crop. You have the eagle balanced in the frame, at least to my eye.

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by Jack Frank on Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:46 pm

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can't say any more

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:48 pm

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Good decision Tony. This one works.

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by Chris Fagyal on Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:51 pm

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Love the golden light Tony. This is another one of your fabulous shots. You seem to always nail the eagles. I've yet to see one you've posted anywhere that I haven't really enjoyed.

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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:56 pm

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Ditto Chris, this rocks!

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by KK Hui on Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:57 pm

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I like the tight crop, Tony!

It brings all the visual impact to it all ...

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by Heather Forcier on Wed Sep 03, 2003 9:30 pm

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Great light and crop, I like it!

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by Alan Melle on Wed Sep 03, 2003 9:34 pm

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Works for me! A more distant shot with all of the wings included would be very nice but wouldn't have the impact this one has. Of course, given the chance, I'd take both as I know you already have!

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Sep 03, 2003 11:31 pm

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Fantastic light - I love this one.

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by Rocky Sharwell on Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:32 am

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I could care less about the wings:)

The look on the eye is great--but I really like the fanned out tail!

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by Rich S on Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:59 am

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Works well by me! Love the light and the composition. My only disappointment? I didn't get to see you handhold a 500 in FL.

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by Anthony Medici on Thu Sep 04, 2003 11:10 am

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Rich S wrote:My only disappointment? I didn't get to see you handhold a 500 in FL.

Actually, I didn't really handhold it for this one, I copied the bottom section and forgot to update that part of the information. ie: If it was taken in Alaska with the 500, it was on a tripod. If it was taken with the 300, it was handheld.

However, I did handhold the lens while taking images of those Frigate Birds on the last day of the workshop in Florida. You probably missed it because Greg was right next to me handholding his 600 at the time. :roll:

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by Bruce Sherman on Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:52 pm