Eagle in a low flight

[LesPalenik]

Very cooperative bald eagle caught flying over a small pond

D600, 200mm, F6.3, 1/1600s, ISO 1000

[Kevin Gallagher]

 Cooperative indeed! A very nice catch Les!

[Bob_B]

There's a nice sense of the eagle's wing strength in your photo. I like the dynamism. Well done.

[sierraman]

Awesome! 

[Peter McLennan]

Superb!

[NancyP]

also a sense of the eagle "braking" - did it get a fish? Really nice.

[Rainer SLP]

Just WOW

 

[LesPalenik]

Thank you all for your kind comments, it was a lucky timing.

Nancy, this fellow was just skimming the surface, and flapping his wings as little as possible, just to to keep above water.
Usually, when they see a fish, they would swoop down on an angle (even without getting wet), and if they do land on the water, for the brake effect they raise their wings.

Here is a nice Eagle documentary by NatGeo.

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg17SlJlS3g

[Paulo Bizarro]

the tip of the wing touching the water is a fantastic detail.

[Bruno Gil]

Great moment!

[maddogmurph]

Chris is Jealous he's just keeping it to himself.

[Colorado David]

Very, very well done.  If you're attributing this to some degree to luck, then this may be an example of "the harder you work, the luckier you get."

[NancyP]

It's a privilege to watch Our National Symbol, particularly because I remember reading Rachel Carson as a kid, what with the eagle eggshells being softened by DDT.

[polaris-14]

the tip of the wing touching the water is a fantastic detail.

This. IMHO, it really adds to this image.

[LesPalenik]

Thank you again for all the nice comments.
I was thinking about adding a water lily and a couple of beavers in one of the corners, but after receiving such a great feedback, I'm not going to mess with it.