Ted, the PP work looks great! I'm not sure about the bg being the right one, though. The original image gives the feel of the Eagle being high in the sky and I'm thinking may be a sky with clouds would work better and would make the shot more "real"
Socrate
P.S. I would also think to add a moon in the sky, if you can, just to make JB happy
Hmmmm, first I think you have the yellow oversaturated a bit too much and should be isolated to only the beak not the tail. The tail is normally more of a stained pale yellow IMO.
I like this new BG over the original though I agree it may not be the right one for this shot. Maybe just a bit of a softly faded gradient could work for a BG??
I think you did a great job putting the BG in though, congrats on that!
Hi Ted, I would second the tail being a bit too yellow. I'm not sure about the bg either. Oh heck, I just happen to agree with Karl and he says it so much better
You might want to try dropping the yellow saturation to get the beak and rear feathers to look more natural. The contrast improvement and sky pick the photo up to a farmable level.
Thanks Morris I did lowere the yellow on the tail.
Ted
morris wrote:
Hi Ted,
You might want to try dropping the yellow saturation to get the beak and rear feathers to look more natural. The contrast improvement and sky pick the photo up to a farmable level.
Morris
Tim thanks. as I told Morris I lowered the yellow.
Ted Tim Kuhn wrote:
Hi Ted, I would second the tail being a bit too yellow. I'm not sure about the bg either. Oh heck, I just happen to agree with Karl and he says it so much better
Tim
Thanks Karl.
Ted
Karl Witt wrote:
Hmmmm, first I think you have the yellow oversaturated a bit too much and should be isolated to only the beak not the tail. The tail is normally more of a stained pale yellow IMO.
I like this new BG over the original though I agree it may not be the right one for this shot. Maybe just a bit of a softly faded gradient could work for a BG??
I think you did a great job putting the BG in though, congrats on that!
Karl
Jim greatly appreciate your reply.
Ted
z06jim wrote:
Great job with the PP Ted, really makes the eagle pop....
Socrate, much thanks to you.
Ted Shasoc wrote:
Ted, the PP work looks great! I'm not sure about the bg being the right one, though. The original image gives the feel of the Eagle being high in the sky and I'm thinking may be a sky with clouds would work better and would make the shot more "real"
Socrate
P.S. I would also think to add a moon in the sky, if you can, just to make JB happy
Karl Witt wrote:
Hmmmm, first I think you have the yellow oversaturated a bit too much and should be isolated to only the beak not the tail. The tail is normally more of a stained pale yellow IMO.
I like this new BG over the original though I agree it may not be the right one for this shot. Maybe just a bit of a softly faded gradient could work for a BG??
I think you did a great job putting the BG in though, congrats on that!
I've played with one of the shots from the other thread & the tail feathers are were yellow in that shot from the beginning..... I could not correct it with the small file I have available....
Ted, If you look carefully at the edges of the eagle you can see the halo that is present in almost the entire edge. Probably too much unsharp masking.
Lil Judd wrote:
I like these better than the other thread Ted
a lot more pop. Now - regarding the tail....
I've played with one of the shots from the other thread & the tail feathers are were yellow in that shot from the beginning..... I could not correct it with the small file I have available....
But I like the pop a lot better in these.
Lil
Thank you Lil! Im still working on different versions.
normsmith wrote:
Ted, If you look carefully at the edges of the eagle you can see the halo that is present in almost the entire edge. Probably too much unsharp masking.
Norm
PS , not fair using a radio-controlled eagle
Norm thanks....I will look again, rework the image again.
I'm not sure about the bg being the right one, though. The original image gives the feel of the Eagle being high in the sky and I'm thinking may be a sky with clouds would work better and would make the shot more "real" 
Ted. Nice job w/ the BG.