Bald Eagle and Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted March 25, 201417,202 views5 comments

This is a photo from last spring on the Hood Canal. This particular immature eagle seemed to simply enjoy harassing the herons, he would buzz the fishing herons just to stir them up. He didn't try to come back and get this herons fish. A mature eagle will often go after an heron with a fresh caught fish and steal it away. I am eagerly looking forward to this spring on the canal with the eagles.

Canon MKIV, 600mm, 1/1600, f10, ISO 800, manual shutter speed, spot meter light reading, cropped all around 15% and straighten horizon slightly.

All your comments and suggestions are very much appreciated.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 26, 2014 at 11:55 AM

Fascinating interaction. I wonder if he was just learning the technique and hadn't overcome the wariness of that dagger of a bill on the Heron to get to the point of stealing a catch. The techs and detail look good to me. I might try to open up the underside of the eagles wings just a bit to see if any of the detail will show. I would crop the top just to remove the darker band of water up there. Good job.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on March 26, 2014 at 1:55 PM

Very nice capture of the action! I love the pose of the heron!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 26, 2014 at 9:48 PM

Super action Ken, if you could pull a little more light out of the birds right eye and side of the face I think that would make this even more powerful. Makes me want to get back up there.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 27, 2014 at 10:16 PM

Great action, Ken. Excellent dof to get both in focus from this angle. If this were mine, I think I'd take a bit off the top. I find the strip of darker blue water at the top a bit distracting.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on March 29, 2014 at 10:20 AM

Hello Ken

Amazing interaction. This location has some impressive captures as seen here on NPN!

The Heron seems to voicing its opinion here as the young one approaches!

thanks for sharing & good luck this season with your upcoming Hood canall Trip!

Would enjoy being there too

Bill

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