Eagle fishing

Gallery: AvianPosted August 15, 2011121 views9 comments

We spent the night on the Northern Song, anchored in beautiful Red Bluff Bay, AK near Petersburg. We woke up in the morning to an absolutey gorgeous morning with glass calm water, fog hovering over the water, eagles flying overhead, some coastal browns grazing on shore and Schmidt (sp?)Falls flowing not more than 100 yards off our stern. This was what I came up here for!! We could have spent the entire week in this bay and been totally engaged in all that it had to offer. We took the skiff out and found this eagle perched near the mouth of a stream with salmon getting into position for the spawn. I was pleased with how sharp it came out considering I was hand holding my big lens in an inflatable skiff. Thanks for looking. C and C always welcome.

Canon 7D
EF500mm f/5.6 IS USM +1.4x
1/800s @ f/5.6
ISO 800

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on August 15, 2011 at 1:51 PM

A great shot of the national symbol. I like the soft lighting, the regal pose and the semi-profile head turn. Another thing I really like is the the rich green conifer foilage. In my opinion it adds alot to the picture. The only thing that I would change is to lighten it just a bit overall because it looks a little dark but that may just be my monitor. I also might selectively lighten the eye area just a little bit. Overall a beauty of a shot.

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on August 15, 2011 at 3:05 PM

Love the setting and pose. It could use some room for the virtual tail and the comp is a bit centered.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on August 15, 2011 at 3:08 PM

Love how the bird is in the spruce. Overall the image has a real nice feel to it.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on August 15, 2011 at 5:56 PM

Love the shot Mark.
The spruce really provides a nice contrast to the eagle.
Kudos.

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Comment posted by Dan Roberts on August 15, 2011 at 7:11 PM

Lovely shot with the conifer as BG. Incredible level of detail given the technicals of this shot. Agree with prior comment regarding lightening the eye a bit.

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

Comment posted by Richard Hahn on August 15, 2011 at 9:36 PM

Mark,
Incredible picture of an incredible bird. You said that you took the picture from a skiff and there does not appear to be much of an upward angle on the photo. Was the Eagle low in the tree? Thanks for sharing because I will never get tired of looking at photos of Eagles, esp. ones like this.

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Comment posted by Mark Turner on August 16, 2011 at 9:32 AM

Rich,

Yes, the eagle was quite low in the tree. Also, with my 500mm with the 1.4x on a 1.6x sensor, we were able to stay some distance from the tree keeping the upward angle to a minimum. Thanks for the comments. I'm going to work with the image and try some of the suggestions.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on August 16, 2011 at 6:49 PM

I love how the fir bristles are framing this Baldie...it's got artistic appeal to it...would love to see a B&W conversion too Mark

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 16, 2011 at 11:34 PM

Very nice detail for that much lens, Mark. The tree makes a nice setting and I like the pose.

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