Eagle Flight

Gallery: AvianPosted February 17, 2011175 views15 comments

I was actually starting to shoot a group of Sharp-tailed Grouse in a field at a bit of a distance when this guy came zooming over a hill. Thankfully I was able to grab a handful of photos as he flew overhead.

It's amazing how many of these guys you see out on the grasslands, so far from water, in the winter here. They've really learned to key in on pheasants and grouse.

Canon 50D, 400 5.6L, 1/4000, f5.6.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on February 17, 2011 at 6:41 PM

This is lovely, it fills the frame very nicely.
Well done.

Geoff.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on February 17, 2011 at 7:33 PM

Well done Terry. Exposure looks great. Can't wait for my turn.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 17, 2011 at 7:54 PM

Exceptional detail, pose, and eye !
Not the tiniest nit from me - couldn't be better!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Randy Bacon on February 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM

Excellent image Terry, great detail and a powerful flight shot - I love the bright clear eye.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on February 17, 2011 at 9:01 PM

Nice flight shot! Looks like its almost fully matured!

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Comment posted by Gary Marquart on February 17, 2011 at 9:38 PM

Nice shot Terry, nice detail. You go out to shoot Grouse and come back with this, and I get up in the early morning darkness and drive almost two hours one way four or five times this winter to shoot eagles and came back with nothing descent to show for it. Go figure.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on February 18, 2011 at 12:16 AM

Terry,
Tremendous details in the blacks and the whites are nice and creamy. Excellent exposure Terry. Great capture.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on February 18, 2011 at 1:45 AM

Great capture, Terry. Superb sharpness and detail.
Mauro

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Comment posted by KC Choo on February 18, 2011 at 10:03 AM

Excellent!

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on February 18, 2011 at 12:55 PM

Great flight shot and very sharp.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on February 18, 2011 at 1:23 PM

Beautiful capture, Terry. Great detail, flight pose and comp.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 18, 2011 at 5:50 PM

Nice one Terry - great detail and around the eye and nice eye contact

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 19, 2011 at 9:02 AM

Nice light and sharpness Terry. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 19, 2011 at 10:09 AM

Nicely done Terry. You got a nice head turn at this angle and good light underneath. Sharpness looks good too.

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Comment posted by Alan Bryant on February 19, 2011 at 12:01 PM

Very nice exposure for the under wing blacks

A lovely image to view, well done

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