Couple more Eagles

Rohirrim

Was able to get some more shots of a Bald Eagle this morning. Still heavily cropped and still suffering softness from the crop, but a little better than the first one.

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Gardnerville, NV - 2006

EXIF
Lens: Canon 500 mm f4.0 + 2.0xTC


EXIF
Lens: Canon 500 mm f4.0 + 1.4xTC

Calving season lasts for about another month, so hopefully I will be able to get some really nice ones deserving of frames :wink

Thanks for looking.

Harryb

Love those eagle shots.

Thusie

Those are really nice Steve, cropped, soft, what ever

bfjr

I'm still working on capturing my 1st

Well done and Congrats on yours

vandana

really nice shots, a tad soft but who cares, these are eagles !! I'd die for this!
cool new signature too

Rohirrim

Harryb wrote:

Love those eagle shots.

Thanks Harry, appreciate you stopping by.

Rohirrim

Thusie wrote:

Those are really nice Steve, cropped, soft, what ever

Thanks Thusie. I appreciate you taking the time to reply

Rohirrim

bfjr wrote:

I'm still working on capturing my 1st

Well done and Congrats on yours

Thanks Ben, you and Jeff should take a quick flight up to Reno. Only a 45 minute drive south of Reno.

Rohirrim

vandana wrote:

really nice shots, a tad soft but who cares, these are eagles !! I'd die for this!
cool new signature too

Thanks Vandana. It is really neat to look at and capture Eagles. But you know us photo types, always wanting more .....biggerlenses, sharper pictures, etc etc.

Osprey Whisperer

Nice job Steve. Looks like you're getting closer. Have you ever used a camo blind? I picked up one of those goofy one man pop up camo blinds. (looks like a redneck outhouse). I think this will be the only way I get close enough to our eagles here. They see me far sooner than I see them. I know where a couple nests are and figure I could camp out under the tree with my goofy blind thingy.


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docbell

Nice shots Steve, I'd be happy with either of those anyday. I heard (from Jim) that there should be more eagles coming in over the next few weeks, and that they tend to be not as jumpy with time - we'll see.
Kevin.

Rohirrim

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

Nice job Steve. Looks like you're getting closer. Have you ever used a camo blind? I picked up one of those goofy one man pop up camo blinds. (looks like a redneck outhouse). I think this will be the only way I get close enough to our eagles here. They see me far sooner than I see them. I know where a couple nests are and figure I could camp out under the tree with my goofy blind thingy.


http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=145626

Hi Mike,
I did buy a blind and have used it several times for the little birds. Have spent probably about 15 hours at the base of a tree where a Red-tail perches (except when I'm in my blind :cry). Unfortunatley, a blind wont work real well where these Eagles are though. They are on private property and we can only get as close as the fence line. Just have to hope we are lucky enough that a calf will be born close to a fence. Calving season lasts a few weeks, so I hope that I'll get some better shots before they leave again.

jwear

these are looking goood very clean