The Eagle Tree

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 5, 2010164 views10 comments

This was taken while floating down stream in a boat on the Harrison River BC, Canada. We were taking photo's of the eagles that show up to feed on the spawning salmon. We had a record Sockeye run this year and in this very short stretch of river about 1.2 million fish spawned this year. Every year hundreds of eagles gather in this area alone to feed on them. An awesome sight to see!
Many eagles use this tree as a perch, I was waiting for the sun to come through the clouds to light up the tree and the mountain in the background.

Camera Canon EOS 7D
Exposure 1/2500 sec
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 250 mm
ISO Speed 400

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10 comments

Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on December 5, 2010 at 2:02 PM

This is eerie and very cool all at the same time. Fantastic cloud mass.

Really neat interpretation Rowdy

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on December 5, 2010 at 2:19 PM

This is truly impressive. Excellent composition and amazing light.

Guy

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on December 5, 2010 at 2:35 PM

Really nice! I'd like to see something like that someday. I've seen a similar situation with rookery trees for herons and egrets. But the eagles take this to another level, IMO.

Chris

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 5, 2010 at 4:02 PM

Very special.

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on December 5, 2010 at 4:06 PM

The large version of this is wonderful! The thumb hardly does it justice. I like how the flying eagle ties the tree to the mountain in the distance.

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Comment posted by Wade Hardy on December 5, 2010 at 4:26 PM

Awesome and majestic. Fantastic shot.

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Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on December 5, 2010 at 8:31 PM

Very dramatic! Your wait for the light paid off handsomely.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on December 6, 2010 at 1:23 AM

Well seen and capture here Rowdy...Love the sweet light and the mood here..That tree with the birds is the icing in the cake....well done..

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on December 6, 2010 at 1:48 AM

Score….
I like the mood and the light.
We don’t get too many shots with animals included the picture in the ESS gallery, so this is a treat!
Was it possible to get the water in the pic? I guess it probably made the tree too small when including the water in the frame.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 6, 2010 at 1:21 PM

Very cool scene with the play of light on the tree and mt, way to go.

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