Juvenile Bald Eagle After Preening

SCHMEGGASCHMEGGA Registered Users Posts: 32 Big grins
edited June 23, 2012 in Wildlife
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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2012
    What an awesome image! SuperB! thumb.gif
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2012
    Yes. A stunning image, but I think your WB is a bit off.
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  • OverfocusedOverfocused Registered Users Posts: 1,068 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2012
    Yeah fantastic photo! WB is too green
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  • SCHMEGGASCHMEGGA Registered Users Posts: 32 Big grins
    edited June 20, 2012
    WB was set to cloudy and this was a cloudy day. I shoot RAW but did not feel that the WB was off from what i saw. My monitor is calibrated, but it still may come off a little green. Thanks a bunch everyone for the comments. He was beautiful bird.
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited June 20, 2012
    Great shot and pose by the eagle. Also agree that the WB is off.
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2012
    If you have LR4, with the local WB brush, spend a little time on the head feathers.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2012
    Outstanding image with effective comp. As for the WB its not unusual for the white feathers to have a greenish or yellowish reflection from surrounding vegetation and/or light.

    The front feathers seem to have a bit of loss of detail perhaps from NR applied in processing or by the camera.
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  • vermentonvermenton Registered Users Posts: 290 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2012
    I though only adult Bald eagle have white head!
  • SCHMEGGASCHMEGGA Registered Users Posts: 32 Big grins
    edited June 23, 2012
    It's hard to tell here, but as he was preening, he was turning his head from side to side and there were many more brown feathers still in his hood. It was much easier to tell if you were there that he wasn't quite an "adult" although he was full-sized. If you look closely at his hood in this pic you can still see a few brown feathers, but most were toward the back.
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