Bald Eagle Fishing

Gallery: AvianPosted March 18, 2011195 views8 comments

A lot of time spent shooting eagles over the past couple of years. The unatainable holy grail to date has been to capture one in on a fish run coming towards the camera within reasonable range. This is the closest I've come to success to date. Clipped a wingtip on the capture. Edited to remove the opposite wing for balance.

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1000s f/5.6 at 200.0mm iso800

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8 comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on March 19, 2011 at 5:59 AM

What a magnificent image Dan, really socks me in the eye, so to speak :^) Bit difficult to see all the detail in a picture this size, but it all looks wonderfully sharp too. Wishing you the best of luck in your ongoing quest to capture one with a fish in it's talons flying right atcha' ;^)

Cheers!

Ashley

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Basil Greber on March 19, 2011 at 6:22 AM

Fantastic shot. I actually like the clipped wings - it makes the bird look even closer. There's some motion blur in the talons, but I don't think this is an issue - the "important parts" of the bird are sharp. Great looking photo.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 19, 2011 at 7:42 AM

Great job catching the action and I like that the face is nice and sharp

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Comment posted by Dottie Short on March 19, 2011 at 9:52 AM

This one makes me want to duck! Nice catch.

Registered on April 12, 2010, 61 Posts, 375 Comments

Comment posted by Luca Mussato on March 19, 2011 at 6:49 PM

fantastic. even at this size it seems it is exceptionally sharp. At first sight i thought "if only he got all the wings in it..." but after a while i made up my mind: it seems closer and huger. i love it.

Luca

Registered on November 14, 2006, 118 Posts, 855 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Huff on March 19, 2011 at 10:36 PM

Great image, Dan. I have also been working on eagles and other birds in flight- nothing close to this yet. Great job.

Ron Huff

Registered on August 31, 2010, 69 Posts, 440 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Roberts on March 20, 2011 at 1:23 AM

Thanks for all the kind comments. I'm relativelly new to bird photography. This image is an example of the old theory of keep shooting until you hit something

Registered on March 9, 2011, 69 Posts, 501 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on March 20, 2011 at 8:36 PM

Nice and sharp, great action. Well done.
May

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