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Old 02-17-2011, 12:05 AM
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Default Eagle Takeoff (image included now)
This is a picture of an eagle i snapped just as he took off from a tree while i was out ice fishing. Right after i took this the eagle swooped down and stole a fish from a guy that had it laying on the ice about 10 feet from where he was fishing.

The image is in my eyes slightly blurred, but not to bad, i feel lucky to have gotten it, as it all happened in the blink of an eye! I wish i could have gotten a shot of the bird stealing the guys fish near me , but over all i am quite satisfied with the image.

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Spot focus and spot metering

Lightroom2 adjustments:
Cropped slightly to remove dead space
Exported as jpg @70% 330dpi

CS5 Adjustments:
Adjusted curves and levels slightly
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Old 02-20-2011, 01:52 PM
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These shots are hard to get...nice one.
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WoW i like it so much and you looks me a good photographer after watching your work i m enable to say you did a great job there
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Looks great! using a CPL?
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Old 02-22-2011, 05:38 PM
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Looks great! using a CPL?
No CPL....have one but it was not on the lens, this was taken about 20 min before sunset, with the sun at my back, and they sky just happened to be lit very well, and a little of the curves and levels adjustments in CS5 made the sky color pop even more. although it was still very clearly defined in the original image.

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Old 02-22-2011, 09:06 PM
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I love getting those crazy wildlife shots. I have a question about the photo. How do you get the copyright stamp on the photo. Is that something out of your adobe software?
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I love getting those crazy wildlife shots. I have a question about the photo. How do you get the copyright stamp on the photo. Is that something out of your adobe software?
yes it is a watermark i created in CS5 and then used a Watermark Plugin in CS5 to add it to my pictures after post processing when i want to.
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I am jealous! I am fairly new to photography, and am very interested in wildlife & landscape shots, this is a treat.
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wow, thats a great shot! TFS
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