Longing for the way it once was in Thailand
by jbsmithana

Comment by Lydia:
I don't like the title... but I like the image. The background is wonderfully blank, too. Well done. (not voting yet)

Longing for the way it once was in Thailand
by jbsmithana

Comment by ordinaryangel:
Beautiful composition and lighting. I love how you've managed to aptured all of the details.

Longing for the way it once was in Thailand
by jbsmithana

Comment by evyanne:
Wow fabulous study !

Longing for the way it once was in Thailand
by jbsmithana

Comment by hotpasta:
SO DO I!!!! We are supposed to be flying there for a well planned and paid up holiday on Thursday and the nation is on its knees with the Bangkok airport closed! Can you give this woman a call for us and ask her to go and do something about it!????

Great image...love the tones

Concentration
by jbsmithana

Comment by jbsmithana:
Thanks Sandy and all the rest of the commenters. I was lucky to get a few usable shots of this eagle as it flew off a telephone pole. Most came out with wires and the pole in them. I entered a very similar one in the wildlife challenge and it scored 6.8 so I suspect people knocked this one down due to lack of originality.

maxxumg - this was in the wild as I live in an area that has quite a few eagles. I was able to stop, get out of my car and walk pretty close to the pole he was on. The problem is gettng them with a good background and keeping signs of man out. This was in a river delta made up of many farms. I go there often as it is full of raptors.

Message edited by author 2008-11-08 15:29:30.

Concentration
by jbsmithana

Comment by SandyP:
Ohmy! These voters must be just so de-sensitized to majestic photography. This is a National Geographic magazine feature photo. I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven to see an eagle out and about in the wild like this -- but then to capture such detail in a photograph. 6.3 is quite an understatement of this photo!

Concentration
by jbsmithana

Comment by MaryO:
Great flight shot :-) Lost some detail on the closer wing but that Eagle eye and talons are scary-sharp.

Concentration
by jbsmithana

Comment by TrollMan:
Great capture! These are not easy - particularly since the light seldom hits areas below

Concentration
by jbsmithana

Comment by jomari:
Great shot.

Concentration
by jbsmithana

Comment by maxxumg:
nice eagle, though I doubt it is in the wild. Not big fan of the crop