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Reflective Eagle
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Reflective Eagle

by Dan Roberts

Gallery: AvianPosted June 14, 2012230 views9 comments
You folks are going to have to suffer a few more eagle images from my trip last weekend. I like this one due to the smooth water and reflection of the bird. Plus I goofed up forgot to zoom back in after finding the bird in the VF. So it was too far away for a full frame bird and without the reflection it wasn't much of an image. This was a false pass as the bird never finished its dive but waived off at the last second. This time of year they are catching such small fish it amazes me they can even see them much less grab them. But it keeps them fishing all day...

Definately check out the larger version of this one.

Nikon D4 ,Nikkor 200-400mm
1/1250s f/4.0 at 220.0mm iso400
handheld on Bushhawk

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Ed Williams on June 14, 2012 at 2:05 AM
Wow! Nice detail in the white areas Dan. Great action shot.
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Comment posted by John Robinson on June 14, 2012 at 8:15 AM
Spot on !!
JR
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Comment posted by Doug Roane on June 14, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Excellent sharpness and detail, and I agree the reflection adds interest. Nice work!
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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 14, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Hi Dan: Well, keep the suffering coming :smile: Very nice image of this majestic bird. I don't ever tire of nice Bald Eagle images. The reflection adds interest. The larger version shows much more detail. Nicely captured.
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Comment posted by David Williams on June 14, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Guess we'll just have to suffer then. Beautiful detail in the larger version, and I like the water here, too.
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Comment posted by May Haga on June 15, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Beautiful flight shot Dan.
May
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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on June 16, 2012 at 7:22 PM
Amazing, amazing sharpness. Just really wonderful.
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Comment posted by Dan Roberts on June 16, 2012 at 10:19 PM
Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. I'm very fortunate to live in a place where we have access to shoot these guys.
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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 23, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Just superb in every way! Congrats!
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