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24-MAR-2011 Michael Edwards

Time to Go for Breakfast

Shiloh, Tennessee

Early this morning, the female eagle leaves the nest to find a fish for the babies.
Thanks for tolerating so many shots on the same subject.
I will try to post more variety going forward. One has to recognize one's passions to control them...

This is cropped a bit, and sharpened, shadows adjusted. No noise reduction effects...

Canon EOS 60D ,Canon 300/4.0 IS USM
1/1600s f/4.0 at 300.0mm iso640 full exif

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Cindi Smith31-Mar-2011 02:53
Awesome!!!!!
Jim Stiles29-Mar-2011 02:34
Love that facial expression!

--Jim--
hal 28-Mar-2011 04:22
You are getting a wonderful set of photos Michael.
This one is breathtakingly spectacular !!
Steve Mockford27-Mar-2011 17:30
Nice shot Michael.
Guest 27-Mar-2011 12:27
This is a great perspective and shows how massive and powerful the eagle is very nicely.
Frank Kavanagh Photography26-Mar-2011 22:03
Another fine eagle shot Michael.
Cindy Flood26-Mar-2011 14:46
I rarely use unsharp mask. I use a high-pass sharpening of the red or green channel. Once in a while I use smart sharpen. The best method is to duplicate the layer before you sharpen. Then you can sharpen and reduce the opacity. You can then use a mask and only sharpen those areas that you want to sharpen. With CS5, the little sharpen tool can be used on an eye or beak with pretty good success. The fade command works like reducing opacity of the layer and will work to do a global soften.
Michael Edwards26-Mar-2011 02:22
No, Terry, I use CS5.
Maybe the "fade" command...
Michael Edwards26-Mar-2011 02:21
No, Terry, I use CS5.
Maybe the "fade" command...
Terry_O25-Mar-2011 16:05
Hi again, Michael. There must be some setting to reduce
the amount of correction. I usually don't use unsharp mask,
rather spot sharpening and then set to a very low amount.
Are you using CS4? Mostly I use the Canon program DPP and
Corel PhotoPaint and CS4 only occasionally. Hal is the editing
guru for me :)
Lennart Waara25-Mar-2011 07:08
A fine action shot!
Cindy Flood25-Mar-2011 03:54
I agree with Cindi about the determined look. What I like best about this is the way the branch in front mimics the bend in the eagle's wing. Keep 'em coming...I'm not tired of them.
Cindi Smith25-Mar-2011 02:08
Oh wow! Looks determined to capture his prey! Wow!
Michael Edwards25-Mar-2011 01:46
Thanks for the input Terry.
I just used "unsharp mask", and that was it...not sure how to damp that down..
Suggestions would be earnestly sought...and applied avidly!
Any advice from the master is welcome here..
Terry_O25-Mar-2011 01:39
No problem here, Michael - you can post these as often as you like, they are
wonderful. To my eye, if you don't mind a comment, this is a bit too tight in
the frame, and just a bit over sharpened - but marvelous just the same. Keep up
the good work!