Snow Eagle

Gallery: AvianPosted January 10, 201197 views4 comments

Seasons change... people change... but my avian photos never seem to!! Always flying AWAY! :( Hello all. Well, after photographing and seeing my first eagles this year, this one came as quite a surprise on our way to a waterfall this morning. The light and shadows and snow made it even more difficult, as I shot with the D60 and only 200mm lens.

But it made my day, it was my first eagle sighted in winter, and I kind of like the atmosphere of it anyway. Thanks for looking, any C&C welcomed. Shot in RAW at ISO-400, 1/640th, f-11.0, 200mm, processed in Elements. Take-off after standing in the snow.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 10, 2011 at 2:14 PM

Bill,

I like the eagle and the snow but there's a big halo around the bird which is quite distracting.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Maile on January 10, 2011 at 2:30 PM

Well it's an angelic eagle Luke.

Thanks for pointing that out, with the snow on the lake and my untrained eye, I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out. Hopefully I can try it again, thanks as always!!

Registered on March 2, 2009, 984 Posts, 2518 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Huff on January 10, 2011 at 3:49 PM

Nice shot Bill, I like the overall feel this photograph gives. Cold, beautiful winter day with an eagle hunting for a meal. You can feel the cold by looking at the image.

Ron Huff

Registered on August 31, 2010, 69 Posts, 440 Comments

Comment posted by Lindy Martin on January 12, 2011 at 7:24 PM

Bill, this is the same scenes I get around here and given the distance with the 200mm, I think you did a great job for the snow etc. You may be able to drop the halo effect a bit but overall, I really like the image. And yes, most of the flying eagle shots I get are rear ended too. Good job

Registered on March 10, 2009, 60 Posts, 169 Comments