Eagle in Fog

rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
edited December 24, 2009 in Wildlife
I have just recently recieved a Tamron 200-500 lens to use with my Sony a700. I keep hoping for a nice sunny day to shoot some pics of the Eagles in our area, but so far no luck!
Anyway, I did go out and tried on Saturday. These were all handheld.
Any comments are welcomed!!

Ron

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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited December 21, 2009
    Very cool captures Ron. thumb.gifthumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2009
    Good job Ron in some less than ideal shootinng conditions.
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  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2009
    Man, I'm envious. I haven't exactly "searched" for any eagles to photograph but I am in such awe of them I should start looking. They are incredible birds.

    Thanks for sharing the great shots Ron.
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  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2009
    At second glance, the bird's "expression" and body shape/position in 1+2 is awesome. It looks like at any second it could get up and be flying 100 MPH. Really looks like a fighter jet. Angry, majestic, ready to hunt. So very cool.
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  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2009
    Thanks for the comments guys. I love watching Eagles. They are such majestic birds, it is no wonder that they were chosen as a symbol of the USA. They are a bird that simply demand attention!!
    You should try to find some Matt. You would really enjoy it!

    Matt, you also mentioned speed in your second post. I am including three more photo here. Not that they are great because they aren't. But it was not until I got home and viewed the photos on my pc that I noticed this. In this first shot, the Eagle is getting ready for a run at the river to catch a fish. Kind of like a bombing run:D .
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    It does not show it here, because the pics were even worse than these, but the Eagle is swooping down and did grab a fish out of the water. What I did not notice until later was the blue truck, on the freeway, in both of the next two photos. This is the freeway, so that truck is going AT LEAST 60 mph. That Eagle was moving pretty good!
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    You can't see it here, but the Eagle has a fish.
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 24, 2009
    Those are excellent, Ront. thumb.gif They're eagles in the fog -- I can't see how you could have gotten better shots than that. The soft light really brings out the feather detail too. I had the same light a couple of days ago.

    Looks like that lens is working very well for you.

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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2009
    Looks like you had a good shoot. They are a blast to watch fish. When they dive, or at least when they go into their version of a stoop, they easily break 100mph. Nice job.
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  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2009
    Thanks guys:).

    Dan, we have a neighbor that trains Falcons. I have watched one of his Peregrine Falcons going into a stoop and it truly was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I could hear that bird as it bulleted through the air. I saw a program on PBS about Falcons and they have clocked them at around 200mph while in a stoop.

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  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2009
    ront wrote:
    they have clocked them at around 200mph while in a stoop.

    Ron

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  • dadwtwinsdadwtwins Registered Users Posts: 804 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2009
    A fantastic job on a very majestic bird.....some day soon I will shoot images of our national birdbowdown.gif
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