Eagle: crop a crop sensor? 100-400II 90 D
Nov 9, 2020 18:07:49 #
I cropped the original to this eagle portrait and think the crop sensor image held up well. I was driving to check out some tundra swans and thought I saw something in a tree, U-turn back, yes there is something, U-turn back, pull into field drive, drop window and....
Nov 9, 2020 18:24:23 #
This year I’ve had to do all of my outdoor shooting from the drivers seat due to mobility issues so it’s harder to get poses and angles (as in shadow across the eye)
Uncropped
Nov 9, 2020 18:33:04 #
clickety wrote:
I cropped the original to this eagle portrait and think the crop sensor image held up well. I was driving to check out some tundra swans and thought I saw something in a tree, U-turn back, yes there is something, U-turn back, pull into field drive, drop window and....
This is a fine photo with good detail, not over cropped. I am not reading the dark plumage on the eagle's head as a shadow but as the incomplete transformation to all white of a fully mature bald eagle. Nice work, did you get any tundra swans?
Phil
Nov 9, 2020 18:36:08 #
I agree with Phil's assessment that this is a not-quite adult bird (for the stages, click here). The "dirty-head" look is not its most photogenic stage 
Even with the cropping, you've included enough surroundings to give a nice sense of place feeling.
Even with the cropping, you've included enough surroundings to give a nice sense of place feeling.
Nov 9, 2020 18:39:41 #
rockdog wrote:
This is a fine photo with good detail, not over cropped. I am not reading the dark plumage on the eagle's head as a shadow but as the incomplete transformation to all white of a fully mature bald eagle. Nice work, did you get any tundra swans?
Phil
Phil
Thank you, yes found swans but got trigger happy and still looking thru way too man choices
Nov 9, 2020 18:42:10 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
I agree with Phil's assessment that this is a not-quite adult bird (for the stages, click here). The "dirty-head" look is not its most photogenic stage
Even with the cropping, you've included enough surroundings to give a nice sense of place feeling.
Even with the cropping, you've included enough surroundings to give a nice sense of place feeling.
Sorry, didn’t bring make up crew🤭, I have to take what’s given me. Thanks for responding.
Nov 10, 2020 06:11:56 #
clickety wrote:
I cropped the original to this eagle portrait and think the crop sensor image held up well. I was driving to check out some tundra swans and thought I saw something in a tree, U-turn back, yes there is something, U-turn back, pull into field drive, drop window and....
Nov 10, 2020 09:11:13 #
hettmoe
Loc: Rural ND
That’s a great photo!
I really like the photos such as this...... of eagles as they really are.
If I want photos of an Eagle with a pure white head, I just go to the zoo.
I really like the photos such as this...... of eagles as they really are.
If I want photos of an Eagle with a pure white head, I just go to the zoo.
Nov 10, 2020 12:32:42 #
hettmoe wrote:
That’s a great photo!
I really like the photos such as this...... of eagles as they really are.
If I want photos of an Eagle with a pure white head, I just go to the zoo.
I really like the photos such as this...... of eagles as they really are.
If I want photos of an Eagle with a pure white head, I just go to the zoo.
Thank you, I shoot what I can find.
Nov 10, 2020 12:33:26 #
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