Fish-Dish

I did take this shot of a bald eagle at dinner on the beach of

Katchemak Bay in Alaska. Best regards, Harry

Excellent capture, i really like it. Great job and best regards!

Nice capture, the only thing I would do different is crop the top blue background from the picture.

This is one close up shot! Quite fabulous. Think perhaps the blue might be a bit intense against the stark beauty of your subject. My gosh, this is really amazing!!! I'm going to look at some of your other shots!

No more words necessary. Amazing job!

I agree with the blue being a little too intense, but it's still one outstanding shot!

Wonder-ful dear Harry :)

 

Biliana

Excelente trabajo , color y encuadre perfecto,, saludos Harry,,,,,PN. no seven,,,,6/6.

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Great close-up using traditional equipment!

 

Congrats on getting PoW.

 

--Lannie

Great shot. I think the blue finishes the picture like a cherry on a cake. Great touch and best reguards,

James

Very interesting piece. I find my eye escaping out of the top though, so I'd crop at least a third off the top of this one, into the white feathers of the head a bit. You'd lose some nice detail in the darder feathers but you would study the image longer. Congrats, MS

Great graphic pic of "Uncle Sam" at work Harry!

Well deserved Harry...Your work has always been right on the money...

Great picture, Harry! This one really shows the power of an eagle. So close-up and detailed you can't miss anything.

Nice picture a little morbid though...

 

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Wow! That is one clear, detailed shot. The eyes and the way you can see every crack in the beak really draw one into it. While I agree with Michael that a slight crop would make it a bit more dramamtic, I prefer traditional aspect ratios and I think the picture would suffer if you took anything off either side. The blue is fine. This is just a great, great picture.

Harry, your work with the eagles has been admired by me for some time - always great stuff. Looks like a dead-on exposure, and great detail in the whites.

 

Is it the scan, or the compresion that caused the slight halo with the blue sky demarcation lines?

 

Agreed the crop would make it more dramatic, but that's not to say this ain't dramatic as it stands. Well done.

Wow... u got that using manual focus? 28mm? How did you get so close? Incredible shot! Great skill!

Ben, the MF-28 is not a lens but an accessory for the Nikon F5 camera: more info here.

Rather than cropping the top, why not darken the blue sky on the top, just a little bit. It would help keep the viewer focused on the area of higher contrast at the bottom. If you darken the top, rather than crop it, you still get a reference as to how large/powerful the eagle is and how small the meal is. The wings look to be massive shoulders of strength, and I would hate to see the tops of them cropped.

Perhaps "Salmon King" for a title.

I love the blue - that's one you only see in the clean cool air

Absolutely great picture. Such action is remarkable. I am troubled by a bit of what must be the bird's tail, immediately right of center near the bottom, in among the sticks on which the fish is being held. It looks more like a shadow from a camera flash against a piece of blue cardboard. I know it's not, but either darkening it or "cloneing" it out would keep the eye from focusing on that little dark bit. Congratulations on making it to this page. It truly is a super photograph.

Harry, you did it again. Great shot!

I love how CLOSE you bring the viewer. Right into the harsh yet majestic reality. Bravo!!