Bald Eagle Perch

Gallery: AvianPosted May 18, 201073 views3 comments

Just as we were leaving the Wayne Co., PA encounter with this bald eagle watching over its nest and offspring, I stopped to take some final shots. This one turned out pretty well as the head turn helped.

D-60 at ISO-400 as I hoped to be ready for flight, 1/640th, f-5.6. Only had the Nikkor 200mm, at the max. Cropped down quite a bit. Larger posted too. This made my day. C&C is always welcomed.

(I have been allowed to use a nice new D-90 and new Sigma 50-500mm for a few days, along with a 300mm lens to test drive by a wonderful, and trusting couple. I'm sure I'll be asking for help there.) Thanks!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on May 18, 2010 at 10:32 PM

The larger view is especially pleasing Bill! I like the blue sky through the beautiful pine, the perch branch is a good diagonal element in your composition. You also have a good exposure on that tricky white eagle head, nicely done!

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on May 19, 2010 at 9:14 AM

Very nice scene Bill and the larger version does show it better. As you already know it does suffer from the size of the crop. The angle is a bit steep too.

Have fun with that gear, we will look forward to seeing the results.

Peter

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on May 20, 2010 at 10:09 AM

Nice shot Bill. I'd love to get this close to one of these guys.

I am shooting a D90 so I will try to help in any way I can.

Registered on March 24, 2010, 73 Posts, 1268 Comments