Eagle and Moon

Posted by rikerd on Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:04 pm

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Late one afternoon at the Viera Wetlands.

D100, 80-400VR @ 400mm, 1/160s @ f/7.1, iso 200

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by Gearoid on Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:17 pm

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Excellent shot Rich. Good perch for the eagle, and you've a nice bright eye. The moon being visible is a fantastic bonus.

Nice one.

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by Paul Skoczylas on Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:29 pm

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Really nice! In sweet light, too.

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by Robert Sabin on Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:30 pm

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Love the Moon

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by Darryl Morgan on Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:43 pm

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I love the image for the moon and the bird in the same shot. It's a nice touch!
There does seem to be some artifacts or noise in the blue areas, heavy crop? Plus a bit of a halo around the bird.

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by Chris Kayler on Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:50 pm

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Very nice Rich!!

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by Heather Forcier on Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:42 pm

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The light is splendid and I love the inclusion of the moon (as well as the tips of both branches on the perch). The angle is quite steep and apparent in the photo. Not much you can do about that, these guys tend to perch high.

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by KK Hui on Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:03 am

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Nice comp, Rich!
I also see sharpening halo ...

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by Miguel Lasa on Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:49 am

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I like the moon very much add so much, great light too Rich

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by Ofer Levy on Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:54 am

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I love the composition!

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by geurt on Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:57 am

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Rich,
A very nice comp and it works for me.
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by mrhughj on Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:34 am

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WOW!!!!!!!!! Love the moon and the sweet light.

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by Anthony Medici on Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:14 am

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I like the moon with the eagle in this shot. The angle doesn't bother me but I think I would crop in closer, possibly just below the V. Stopping down might be something to think about the next time you encounter this type of situation. You won't ever get the moon in sharp focus but I think you could have gotten a bit better detail then you did. The over the shoulder look from the eagle works well here. It might even work well looking at the moon since I can think up lots of ad phrases for an eagle looking toward the moon.