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thapamd
Aug-27-2009, 03:52 PM
One more of my eagle landscapes. I was very pleased with the dynamic range here. The eagle and FG branches were completely in shadows and the distant mountains had some light on them. I hope you enjoy viewing the image as much as I enjoyed taking it! :D

http://starvingphotographer.smugmug.com/photos/632195905_Td8p2-XL.jpg
dseidman
Aug-27-2009, 04:01 PM
Those snow-covered ridges make a great backdrop for the eagle. Beautiful shot.
ront
Aug-27-2009, 04:14 PM
Mahesh, this is one of the best Eagle photos I have seen. I really like the majestic mountains in the background. Very nice picture. I love Eagles and have never gotten a good shot of one yet.
As a side note, I would love to go to Alaska someday. It is a beautiful place. My nephew spent a summer up there a couple of years ago flying his Piper Cub around and taking pictures. Unfortunately, he went back up there last summer and planned to do the same, but crashed his plane taking pictures of a whale skeleton on one of the beaches there. THis is a link to some of the pics he took in a Blog that he did while in Alaska.
http://shaunlunt.typepad.com/

Great picture Mahesh!

Ron
rainbow
Aug-27-2009, 05:00 PM
Excellent shot!

The background mountains makes the eagle seem more majestic as it gives the impression that this is its territory. I bet it can spot a .0001 pixel size mouse on the opposite slope...
rhondavid
Aug-28-2009, 04:06 AM
WOW!! Another gorgeous photograph. What a setting. I think I need to take a trip that direction sometime. The scerary is stunning and you have done an excellent job capturing it.
Nyte
Aug-28-2009, 04:09 AM
Another lovely eagle/landscape hybrid (to borrow your own term for them), but I prefer the one you've titled 'cold shoulder'.
Lasting Light
Aug-28-2009, 09:59 AM
A magnificent background for the eagle, a stunning enviromental shot.
CWSkopec
Aug-28-2009, 11:03 AM
Mahesh, another truly great shot! :thumb

As good of a background as those mountains are, I think it's even better that there's fog/mist obscuring the trees and mountains behind the branches. That area could have easily become too busy and distracting if it wasn't for that fog. Wonderfully composed, sir! :clap

You're right to be happy about the dynamic range. I would have likely ended with a pure black silhouette against a pure white background! :rofl
Is this a shot from your Canon? Or the Sony?