Baldies

Canon 1D-X, 500mm f4 x 1.4TC, handheld
f11, 1/160, ISO250

In Cordova, Alaska, on the east side of Prince William Sound, it's hard not to see Bald Eagles. Partly it's the canneries, but mostly it's the very long series of fish runs: herring, euchalon, all five Pacific salmon and more. Cordova itself has a lot of history: the abandoned railroad terminal, abandoned canneries and a lot of rusting wreckage from the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. Combine that with a tide range of 20-25 feet, and you have very strange contrasts. These Bald Eagles are perched on a rusting, barnacle-encrusted storage tank, probably from the 1964 earthquake. 

70% of full frame. Selective sharpening to the birds. Slight adjustments to Shadows and Highlights.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.