Very nice shot, the colors in the background look great with the eagle, I've never been so close up to the face of an eagle and the detail you've captured in the beak! Great job!

Oh Paul...how in the world did yu do this?? I mean this is magnificient! I have saved it and will love looking at him on my screen! the colouring and shading is so good. on the thumbnail he looks sleepy...but when its enlarged its fantastic..thank you so much my friend.

Hi Paul, awesome job!
Right to the desktop with top scores!
JuneBug

Excellent photo.

Paul, here is a good view of the business end of an eagle, that is well done.
I just voted on it in the random voting and gave it very high marks. It goes on my laptops desk top for a week.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling; “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
William Faulkner

Hoi Paul
prachtige close up en zeker waard om iets met de achtergrond te doen.
Maar ik geloof dat je hier zeker meer uit kan halen.
Nu op dit moment vind ik de achtergrond door zijn verschillende tinten erg afleiden van de kop.
En aangezien de randen van de kop al wat vager zijn, komt de achtergrond op deze manier volgens mij niet ten goede aan het totaal.
Ik vraag me af hoe het orgineel er uit ziet.
Persoonlijk had ik waarschijnlijk voor een iets andere kleur achtergrond gekozen om de kop wat vrijer te maken.
desalniettemin...wederom een prachtplaat

Impressive picture....now how close were you really?

Hoi Paul,
Perfect portrait. I simply love the lights around the eyes and the mouth ..oops! bill of course. The face has something human about it anyway ... Congratulations.

You've really turned this into a wonderful photo illustration! Amazing clarity around the beak and an excellent choice of background color in accentuating his natural colors.

A fine job in blending and background choice and an excellent focus on an impressive feature of this bird...great work.:Pat.

and in todays chapter of ... To Mock A Killing Bird

the other raptors are saying .. "Hey sissy-boy .. posing for the camera .. momma's boy"

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Oh!! .. did I mention this is excellent? .. (*looks up*) .. no, apparently I didn't ... This is excellent!!

Paul, this is truly a beautiful portrait. You've captured the eagle perfectly! I truly love this. Vicky

Paul, a really wonderful close up as a thumbnail and superb when enlarged as a desktop. Great capture.

Great shot.....keep your pecker up !!!