I, too, think feather detail is a prerequisite of most bird photos. Believe it would make this even better.
Jack --- Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah! I forgot to mention the interesting part... > My little brother is an astronomy nut and this photo was taken with > his > 10" Newtonian Reflector telescope, A great big thing that takes two > people to carry. I think it has a focal length of about 800mm but I > haven't tested. We just recently got an adapter so that I can mount > my > camera on it. > > I posted this one because I thought the pose was interesting but I > did > get some more straight forward poses as wall: > http://www.islandlight.ca/showphoto.php?image_id=542 > > It does have the bottom cropped off but other then that it's > basically > full frame. > > Thanks all, > Francis > > Ken Waller wrote: > > Somewhat of an awkward pose, but you take what you get. I like the > > composition. > > What lens did you use? Is this full frame? > > > > I ran your image thru CS2 & using shadow/highlight adjustment, I > get good > > detail in the feathers, which I don't see in the posted image. I > think a > > good shot of this bird requires detaul in the feathers. > > > > I've had more opportunities in the last few years (in Michigan) to > capture > > eagle images, than I've had in the prior 25 or so years. However by > the time > > I get set up they're gone. I Shot several frames two weeks ago of > an eagle > > in a tree, but these were hand held & turned out not to be keepers. > > > > Kenneth Waller > > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > > > >> > http://www.islandlight.ca/showphoto.php?image_id=541&tb=sb&s=pentaxdiscuss > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

