Bald Eagle

Gallery: AvianPosted September 5, 2012192 views9 comments

A bald eagle from this spring on the Hood Canal in Washington State. It was a partly cloudy morning, and I started tracking this eagle as it approached us, as the eagle broke from the white sky and started to pass in front of the Olympic Mountains, I fired a burst of several frames. I liked this one the best of the series.

Canon MkIV, 600mm, 1/1000, f7.1, ISO 640, manual spot meter

All your comments and suggestions are very much appreciated

Ken Archer

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Randy Bacon on September 5, 2012 at 10:00 PM

Sweet topside view Ken. This guy just pops out against the BG letting him (her) be seen in all his majesty. Simple and elegant, love it.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 6, 2012 at 12:00 AM

Nice detail on the eagle Ken and I like the three dimensional feel. The way the cloud is shaped behind the eagle reminds me of a jet contrail, cool coincidence!

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Comment posted by Verdon on September 6, 2012 at 12:25 AM

wow, love the shots of birds in flight taken from over them, nice colors, details and background, STUNNING !!!

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on September 6, 2012 at 8:25 AM

Excellent Eagle, Ken. Just a great view of the Eagle's back. The blue background really sets him/her off.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on September 6, 2012 at 8:51 AM

Great point of view. Really like the amount of room in the entire frame. Good example of not needing to fill the entire frame with the bird.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM

Nice work Ken. Great details, comp, colors, and POV.
I especially like the BG, it makes the shot!

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Comment posted by Karon Welter on September 6, 2012 at 10:43 AM

Great shot of this magnificent bird! Nice to see a flight shot from a different perspective. Beautiful !

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on September 6, 2012 at 6:14 PM

Stunning image Ken.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on September 7, 2012 at 5:53 PM

Excellent shot. I really like the forested mountain BG. Nice detail in the whites and dark feathers.

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