Bald eagle

The larger image is impressive Ron. What a wingspan in this presentation! Nice job getting light under the wings. I can see the intensity on the eagles face for the osprey and its prey. From your techs I suspect you may have taken this vertically. If so, doubly impressive HH with that lens at this angle.

Good job on the exposure Ron, I know first hand how challenging the white heads and tails can be on sunny days without making the rest of the bird look dark. This really looks good, especially for a sunny day shot. I was going to go after these guys last weekend but a very high wind winter blast came through and decided to wait till this weekend. I'm looking forward to it!

Great detail all over the place Ron. What a bird!

Ron, to answer your question, yes, this was taken vertically. As you know the Mk4 has a built in vertical grip and I have been working with it a bit. I must say, however, this bird came in so fast that I almost dropped my rig getting it into the vertical position. To tell you the truth, I am not sure how I got as many sharp images out of this op as I did. Some times you just get a bit lucky and the 1/4000s SS did not hurt. I was kind of prepared as this eagle had been frequenting this area of the Indian River Lagoon the past week or so. Right place, right time, and a bit of luck.

I am totally impressed. You had to be laying on your back to get this! Still, 1/4000 covers a lot of sins.

Nicely captured, Ron. Great detail all around; really nice exposure of the underside too.

Impressive windspan and I like the head-turn. Exposure and focus are spot-on.

Ron: nicely captured. Doing this vertically is quite a feat (even with 61% of the frame). Great intense stare from the eagle.

Terrific! Great image quality; natural colors; wonderful subject and position.

Perfect composition. Techs look great. Great bird!

Terrible pose, bad BG, dull eye, no detail and ..
LOL!
Running out of good words for your images, Ron - and this is another excellent one..
Sandy

Simple and Sweet Very nice Ron!

Ken Archer

Excellant image. Thanks for sharing.

Great image Ron, love the wingspread. You nailed the exp. and detail is very good. great job!

Ron, this is excellent. Great flight pose. Beautiful views of the underside of the wings, talons and face. Wonderful exposure control, the whites are under control and there is very nice detail in the darks. I'd be proud to have this in my files.

Ron,
I don't think Luck is involved here.You are in the top group of BIF photograhers if not the top
on this forum.Always look forward to your next post.Awesome techs.
But to get in verticule what quick reflexes!!! Outstanding expose also. well done

It doesn't get better than this for an eagle image. The body in horizontal position and wings out almost perpendicular to the ground is really some pose. Great techs as well.

A great capture, what a sight it must have been.
Well done.

Geoff.

Sharp detail and great vertical framing. The evening light adds that touch of shadow, rendering a 3D look & feel. Seems like this magnificent bird will fly right off my monitor
Well done!

Awesome to get this majestic bird in a full blown flight pose like this. No nits from me.

Magnificent, just magnificent, Ron!

The wingspan is so well captured - full extension! Beautiful!