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R2D2 wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

Very nice capture. I especially like the first one.

Adult baldies are very hard to expose, especially in direct sunlight. If you preserve the (all-important) head, then the underside of the wings goes very dark. Not much a person can do about that, and still leave it looking natural. It’s one reason I like shooting eagles over snow!

Agree with the other poster though that the IQ is fairly rough. Maybe a bit of back focus (on the far wingtips) in the first frame? Maybe a bit of near focus (on the near wingtips) in the second frame?

I especially like DxO Photolab for its Deep Prime NR. Also I’d pass on the vignette and artificial blur.

Thanks for posting these!

R2

ps. I personally would go for the 1.4x before the 2x. Almost no hit in IQ with the 1.4x, and the AF should still be good. Plus the 2x would make BIFs harder (at least for me).

itsallBb2me wrote:

For some reason, my signature line did not appear in my original post. I shall invoke it here;

I may not respond to your post if you have not posted photos to your Gallery or entered any Challenges. Nothing personal, I just like to have a sense of my correspondent.

OK, I gotta ask now. Are you ignoring me?

R2

Hello?

Hello?

Are you looking for my Bona Fides?

Have you checked my sig? (you've enjoined us all to check yours)

The link to my galleries has been there for about 20 years now.

We could have a rip snorting discussion! BIFs are one of my favorite subjects.

Talk to you in a bit...

R2

Oops. Been off the forum for a few days and, for some reason, my notifications haven’t been coming through. Definitely not ignoring. Give me an hour to catch up and I’ll get back to you.