Eagles are coming!

RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
edited February 17, 2006 in Wildlife
Every spring the Bald Eagles come to our area to feast on the placentas from spring calving. Took a drive down there today and saw 5, was only able to get close enough to get one semi-decent shot. Still highly cropped and somewhat back lit. It's amazing how our standards go down for eagle shots :wink

I hope to get down there for more shots, but we're expecting another storm tonight with snow and high's in the 30's. :uhoh

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Regards and thanks for looking,
Steve
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    Hey Steve. Those birds are awsome. They don't seem to like to have their picture taken. Was that with your 500mm? I guess I was lucky to get a half way decent shot of the eagle I got ........with the itty bitty 200mm.
    Mike McCarthy

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    glad you have a place to shoot them --BB is a little to big and you need lots of luck to even see one thumb.gif a nice shot thumb.gif
    Jeff W

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Good capture Steve. A tad soft (probably the cropping) but still a really good capture. clap.gif

    Don't you just love those eagles.
    Harry
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  • Michael AllenMichael Allen Registered Users Posts: 196 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Nice shot steve, Eagles are a little tougher to get close to.
    -Mike
  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Bird Man Photographer wrote:
    Hey Steve. Those birds are awsome. They don't seem to like to have their picture taken. Was that with your 500mm? I guess I was lucky to get a half way decent shot of the eagle I got ........with the itty bitty 200mm.

    Yep, that was with the 500 and a 1.4xTC on. I went down this morning and took more with the 1.4TC a 2XTC and with both stacked. I haven't looked at them closely to see if they are any better. The sky was overcast this AM, so it'd doubtful I've gotten much better.
    Steve
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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    jwear wrote:
    glad you have a place to shoot them --BB is a little to big and you need lots of luck to even see one thumb.gif a nice shot thumb.gif

    Thanks Jeff. They should be in the area for the next few weeks. I hope to get better shots if the Sun will stay out and with a bit of luck.
    Steve
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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Good capture Steve. A tad soft (probably the cropping) but still a really good capture. clap.gif

    Don't you just love those eagles.


    Thanks Harry. Yeah, damn cropping, I guess I shoudl have bought that 1200 mm lens after all :):
    Steve
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