nice catch!!!

[big baldo]

I saw this guy on the shore first thing in the morning.Luckily the fish was too heavy for him to fly very far. That gave me a chance to follow him down the shoreline(in my boxers!!). Thanks for looking

[Yarrow]

Amazing catch!

[Jaedon]

I'm not sure which is better.. the shot of the Eagle... or the thought of a photographer running along the shore line in his boxers to get the shot. LOL good job.

[Loupey]

Amazing shot, BB!

Yeah, I agree with Jaedon - just the thought of watching someone in his undies chasing down his subject is funny enough. I hope your neighbors caught it on video - we'll all see it on AFV or youtube

[Loupey]

Hey, BB

I just had to come back to this one. Such an awesome image - I'd be honored if I could make some PP adjustments to it. Mind if I play around with your image?

[readingr]

Wow, what a great catch, and using your boxers too

Roger

[big baldo]

Thanks all for the comments.There is a county park 2 doors down and thats where this was taken. I'm just glad that there wasnt a girlscout outing at the time!!

Hey, BB

I just had to come back to this one. Such an awesome image - I'd be honored if I could make some PP adjustments to it. Mind if I play around with your image?

Please do!! I feel like I ruin some really good shots because I dont know what Im doing in PP. Please feel free to edit any of my photos.:thumbsup:
I cloned out some BG and some small adjustments.

PLEASE, Show me how its spposed to be done!!

[MonkeyWrench]

This is an amazing shot. If I’d been there though it would of been a tough decision to shoot the bird or you chasing it in your boxers. Definitely a keeper. Thanks for sharing this picture and story.

[mjs1973]

Very cool shos BB!

[Loupey]

Ok, whatcha think of this version.

FYI, if I saw this opportunity, I think I might have chased it down even without boxers

[Jaedon]

Loupey - What did you do to this shot? My guess is a curves adjustment and a saturation adjustment .. not to mention the crop. Anything else?

[big baldo]

Yeah Loupey, what did you do? Details, details!! I'm wondering what it was that you saw on the original that needed fixing? I have such a hard time figuring out what to do in PP besides the obvious.I think that I have turned some wallhangers into just average shots.:mad2: Yours looks so much better than mine. It seems to really pop.
Thanks so much for the expert help.............BB

[WsW-WYATT-EARP]

:thumbsup:

that is just an awesome catch there BB , and to get loupey to help ya with the PP of it "priceless"

just the shot of the eagle is great and to catch him with breakfast is AMAZING !!! what I would do to get a shot like that .....

get the PP figured out and print that !!!

[Jaedon]

just the shot of the eagle is great and to catch him with breakfast is AMAZING !!! what I would do to get a shot like that .....

Would you run out into the yard in your underwear?? lol

Sorry BB .... .it had to be said *giggle*

[WsW-WYATT-EARP]

Would you run out into the yard in your underwear?? lol

Sorry BB .... .it had to be said *giggle*

I think Loupey nailed this one when he said ...

FYI, if I saw this opportunity, I think I might have chased it down even without boxers

I don't see how you could hesitate to go out with what you have on (or don't have on) at that precise moment for a shot like that

[Loupey]

BB, I recognized that you had a winner right away by the pose and the sharpness (as immediately evident in the eye and beak). I also knew that there was minimal PP in the original as this is how most of my images look straight out of the camera. Of course my images don't ever have a wild BALD EAGLE like that in it!

Recall that I set my camera settings all to "null" (sharpness, contrast, ...) specifically so that I adjust them in PP. So flat images are always going to result before PP. That's normal.

What I did here is all minor stuff. Just a lot of little steps. Mind you, I'm far from a Photoshop expert so a lot of what I do is probably inefficient but the steps involved always work for me. I don't recall exactly the settings I used here but they involve the following basic 3 steps:

1) adjust levels - typically bringing up the mid-tones to add detail in the shadows while bringing down the low-tones to add richness and contrast to the low end
2) adjust colors - typically removing the color cast (usually too much cyan and blue)
3) adjust curves - typically bringing up the mid-tones (again) but also bringing down the highlights so as not to overbrighten the high end

That's it in a nutshell. I did the above 3 steps about 3 times (remember, small steps). Ironically, the biggest adjustment was to UNsaturate (by about 30%) as the levels adjustment by itself will add too much saturation.

Final step, sharpen ever so slightly with USM. Again, all small stuff. But the whole becomes greater than the sum of the parts.

No need for masks, layers, ... IMO. I was using Photoshop 5.0 until just last year. I don't like to use the highlights/shadows adjustment anymore as it tends to look unnatural and makes the images appear "over the top".


I see a lot of GOOD images on this forum (not just N/W) which would be GREAT images with some basic PP work. I consider basic, but knowledgeable PP skills to be more important than top-notch glass. That's why I often post examples of images taken with kit lenses here.

[big baldo]

I really appreciate everyone nice comments.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
When I first saw this guy it really caught me off guard. He was hopping around and I thought he was about to fly off so I grabbed this pic just so I could show my wife. It was 1st thing in the morning. I was still half asleep and I just had to follow him. I just forgot my pants!:mad2:

[big baldo]

Loupey, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain all of this. Its amazing what I have learned since first joining these forums. Much appreciated!!:thumbsup:

[WsW-WYATT-EARP]

gotta be rough waking up to have a bald eagle in your back yard

[paulnj]

Nice job there !!!!!! The DOF is a bit shallow and the shutter speed was slow, but I assure you I wouldn't have done better myself!

[Knight]

Great Capture BB I tought i had one today but it was a Osprey lol

[Bevb]

Stunning BB! this is definately one for the wall.

[dogbreaths]

very nice photo anyone would be proud of that.....

[AmberC]

Great shot.. but I think I'd rather see the one of you running down the shore in your boxers with your camera!!! LOL

[scott-devon]

Beautiful shot BB, definitely a wall hanger. And yep, a capture like that is worth running out in your boxers any day.