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Escaped

by John Fan

Gallery: AvianPosted February 20, 2011465 views12 comments
A bald eagle grabbed a fish on the Mississippi river. But the lucky fish slipped of the eagle's talons just above water.

Comments

12 comments
Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on February 20, 2011 at 12:34 AM
Great job on a unique shot! Guess they can't get 'em all. Good comp as well.
Registered on November 30, 2008, 114 Posts, 790 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Gulash on February 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM
Good job getting them both in focus, the bit of wing blur is fine. Slime can be a fish's best friend sometimes. :wink:
Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments
Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on February 20, 2011 at 3:35 AM
Terrific frame, very nicely captured !
Looks like as if fish is trying to catch the eagle. :biggrin:
I like the fact that both of them are brownish in color.]
Jagdeep Rajput
Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on February 20, 2011 at 8:35 AM
Great action shot! Exposure and comp all look good. Really like that you have the eagles head in focus. Wish I had taken it. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Teller on February 20, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Great and unique action shot.
Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Marquart on February 20, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Nice unique, action/behavior shot John. Wish it was mine!
Registered on October 24, 2009, 126 Posts, 799 Comments
Comment posted by Eric Diller on February 20, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Nice timing indeed! Well captured....
Registered on October 2, 2009, 69 Posts, 434 Comments
Comment posted by Michael Lotito on February 21, 2011 at 7:45 AM
How cool is this the fish and the eagle. Great shot and timing! :toast:
Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments
Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on February 21, 2011 at 1:15 PM
OHHH perfect timing for you at least. I like the action
Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Walters on February 21, 2011 at 1:22 PM
Great timing and action! Don't see this too often!
Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments
Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on February 21, 2011 at 7:56 PM
Great action shot!
Registered on January 4, 2011, 59 Posts, 229 Comments
Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on February 24, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Great timing, that's one very lucky fish :smile:
Well done.

Geoff.
Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments