Caught several on the ice the other day it was out of the wind and the sun was out so I think it was a nice spot. They were about 50 yards or so out and I got several shots. Cropped this one to take out a juvie in FG.
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Posted by Toni Lankerd on January 5, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Nice catch, Kendall! Good exposure without blowing out the whites...difficult to achieve when you have the dark feathers, too.
Posted by Chuck Beatty on January 7, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Nice capture, Kendall. I might consider cropping a bit from the top and right to focus more on the eagle.
Posted by Brian Vance on January 7, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Kendall, I really like the bird/pose, but the BG is fairly harsh, moving from very bright in the FG to very dark in the BG. It almost looks as if the bird is considering a trip south due to an iced over food supply. Still, the eagle is beautiful and captured nicely here.
Posted by wally emmert on January 9, 2009 at 6:18 PM
nice catch kendall,,, look at those deadly talons,,, his head is dirty, probably was fighting off young eagles to keep his own food... i have seen some of them fight hard in a field and get covered with mud
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