another bird, Nikkor 80-400vr

[KerryPierce]

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1/320s f/5.6 at 400.0mm hand held ISO was probably 400 or 800.

[the foto fanatic]

Majestic bird!
Although the image seems a little soft (commenting, not criticising), the haughty air of the eagle dominates the pic.
I like it a lot.

[gstark]

Kerry,

Sensational! Great colour, nice and sharp, great DoF, and he looks mean!

[dooda]

Yep, you've done this eagle justice (and I've seen my fair share of Eagle picks, I live in Brackendale the Eagle capital).

There is an air of coldness in this pic that I like. It is rugged and crisp. When I was fishing in Alaska there were as many eagles in the trees as there were crows. When we caught trash (bass etc) we bashed them on the head and threw them back. Eagles were always on the ready to feast on these free meals. Generally as the Eagle flew down to the fish it locks eyes with whoever threw it as if it were trying to read you, at the last moment it looked down and grabbed the fish, and while flying away it would always look back over at you before going to it's nest. This usually happened 5 or 6 times a day and I never tired of it. They are sometimes romanticized as savvy hunters but %95 of what they eat is scavenged.

[yeocsa]

Nice capture of the eagle. I like especially the "air" that you captured of the eagle. I wish the fence wasn't there.

regards,

Arthur.

[KerryPierce]

Thanks to all for the kind comments! This shot, like so many of mine, was edited on a lousy laptop while I was living in a DC hotel for 6 months. I've been meaning to go back and edit them properly, now that I'm home and have a decent machine and monitor, but the problem is the numbers of images. I think I've got about 1,500 shots on pbase from this time period.... woof....

[mic]

The Eagle has landed

Nice majestic shot Kerry, you have captured what this brute is all about. POWER !

Nice,

Mic.

[KerryPierce]

The Eagle has landed

Nice majestic shot Kerry, you have captured what this brute is all about. POWER !

Nice,

Mic.

Thanks, Mic. I appreciate the kind comment.

[robboh]

Love the pic.
Did you use a mask for the sharpening?? Reason I ask is that there seems to be a bit of a halo around the beak and breast.

[flipfrog]

like dooda said, we see our fair share of eagle pics here in vancouver.
but this is a great capture, well done Kerry...

[KerryPierce]

Love the pic.
Did you use a mask for the sharpening?? Reason I ask is that there seems to be a bit of a halo around the beak and breast.

Thanks Robboh. hmm, dunno about the halo. Hadn't noticed it before. Good catch! As I said earlier, this was edited on a laptop, last summer, so I don't recall what editing was done.

[KerryPierce]

like dooda said, we see our fair share of eagle pics here in vancouver.
but this is a great capture, well done Kerry...

Thanks for the kind comments, Dee. There are eagles around these parts as well, but they're few and far between. I haven't seen one up close in many years.

[sirhc55]

Such proud birds and you have captured that pride and aloofness so well Kerry

[KerryPierce]

Such proud birds and you have captured that pride and aloofness so well Kerry

Thanks, Chris. I appreciate the comments.