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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: LesPalenik on May 13, 2015, 05:41:34 am

Title: Eagle in a low flight
Post by: LesPalenik on May 13, 2015, 05:41:34 am

Very cooperative bald eagle caught flying over a small pond

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

Title: Re: Eagle in a low flight
Post by: Kevin Gallagher on May 13, 2015, 08:11:49 am

 Cooperative indeed! A very nice catch Les!

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Post by: Bob_B on May 13, 2015, 01:18:24 pm

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

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Post by: sierraman on May 13, 2015, 04:10:10 pm

Awesome!  :)

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Post by: Peter McLennan on May 13, 2015, 04:36:04 pm

Superb!

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Post by: NancyP on May 13, 2015, 05:25:41 pm

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

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Post by: Rainer SLP on May 13, 2015, 07:01:07 pm

Just WOW

 :o

Title: Re: Eagle in a low flight
Post by: LesPalenik on May 13, 2015, 08:47:05 pm

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

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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on May 14, 2015, 03:23:45 am

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

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Post by: Bruno Gil on May 14, 2015, 06:12:40 am

Great moment!

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Post by: maddogmurph on May 14, 2015, 07:17:12 pm

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

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Post by: Colorado David on May 14, 2015, 10:54:57 pm

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."

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Post by: NancyP on May 15, 2015, 06:17:15 pm

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.

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Post by: polaris-14 on May 15, 2015, 06:43:55 pm

Quote from: Paulo Bizarro on May 14, 2015, 03:23:45 am

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

This. IMHO, it really adds to this image.

Title: Re: Eagle in a low flight
Post by: LesPalenik on May 15, 2015, 07:21:22 pm

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.