Eagle Launch

I stopped off at a bluff site outside of Port Townsend, WA on Friday afternoon. The tide was in, the weather relatively calm, and nothing was happening . . . at least until I turned around and saw this eagle perched in a treetop about 75 feet away.

I spent the next hour, taking several more than 200 images in all sorts of poses . . . waiting for him to decide to take off. Finally, since my wife and I were going out to dinner, I got ready to leave. I had some good photos, even if they weren't the ones I was waiting for.

As I got ready to put everything away, guess who started stretching? Sure enough, less than a minute after I was back in position, the launch took place!

Patience, patience, patience . . .

Canon 400D, 100-400 IS at 400mm, 1/1000 at f/11, ISO 400