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Looking for Fish (80)
Jamesp
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1213 W: 0 N: 4642]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (13806) | This shot was taken at the Akkan crane over wintering site (see earlier postings). I was using my 300mm 2.8 + 1.4x converter.
The sea-eagles are a group of birds of prey in the genus Haliaeetus in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.
Sea-eagles vary in size, from the Sanford's Fish-eagle averaging 2–2.7 kg to the huge Steller's Sea-eagle weighing up to 9 kg. At up to 6.9 kg, the White-tailed Eagle is the largest eagle in Europe. Bald Eagles can weigh up to 6.3 kg, making them the second largest eagle native to North America. The White-bellied Sea-eagle can weigh up to 3.4 kg.
There are eight living species:
White-bellied Sea-eagle (H. leucogaster)
Sanford's Sea-eagle (H. sanfordi)
African Fish-eagle (H. vocifer)
Madagascar Fish-eagle (H. vociferoides)
Pallas's Fish-eagle (H. leucoryphus)
White-tailed Eagle (H. albicilla)
Bald Eagle (H. leucocephalus)
Steller's Sea-eagle (H. pelagicus)
Three obvious species pairs exist; White-tailed and Bald Eagles, Sanford's and White-bellied Sea-eagle, and the African and Madagascar Fish-eagles. Each of these consists of a white- and a tan-headed species, and the tails are entirely white in all adult Haliaeetus except Sanford's, White-bellied, and Pallas's |
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Jamesp
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Adobe Photoshop CS2
Edited by:loot
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5695 W: 603 N: 3357]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (8939) |
Hi James
Primarily this was done just to add a bit of sky in front of the eagle, but then I got a bit of an urge and played around with some of the other settings.
I made a slight adjustment to the "Levels" by making the photo a little darker in order to gain some exposure on the white tail. Then I applied the "Shadows/Highlight" tool mostly at default setting, but I adjusted the white slider to 50% darkness. This made the sky a bit too dark perhaps, but I'm not sure the sky might normally look at this location. Finally I gave it a wee bit of "USM" just to overcome the unsharpening effect that the optimisation had on the photo.
I hope you approve of the post processing.
Best regards
Loot |
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