Eagles - Alaskan style!
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IPT
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Your shots were good. You just got your camera, you're doing awesome.
Thanks - yeah, most were freehanded. I started leaning on my tripod though because the 200mm f2.8 gets heavy after a while. The portraits I took were tripod mounted and I did take some flight shots panning with the camera mounted and ballhead loose.
TitusvileSurfer
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Yeah I saw that on the web to. It had a caption that went something like; "This will end in disaster and you have nobody to blame but yourself".
IPT
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There was a story in the paper a number of years ago where the writter witnessed a bald eagle swoop in and snatch up one of those little dogs of an older couple with an RV. Apparently the women was freaking out and her husband was behind the RV laughing (or something to that effect).
A park ranger told me a great horned owl swooped in and took a cat from her. If you've never seen an Eagle up close you should. Find a raptor center or the zoo. They are quite impressive!
A park ranger told me a great horned owl swooped in and took a cat from her. If you've never seen an Eagle up close you should. Find a raptor center or the zoo. They are quite impressive!
LobsterMan
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Wonderful pictures.
Sharkbait1
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14143633#post14143633 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by IPT
That would be sick, and I am always on the hunt for that shot.
There was an interesting piece written several years ago about the "ethics" of wildlife photography. Apparently Audborn published an image of an owl capturing some pray. A reader noticed that it was a gerbil! The photographer tried to pawn it off on the mag hoping no one would notice I guess (LMAO).
Now I'm gonna have to dig through my Alaska vacation pictures. I have a shot (though probably not that good) of an eagle snatching a puffin out of the air. Was actually trying to shoot the puffin when the eagle literally stole my shot.
Reef Bass
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Perfect. Sharp focus. Completely stopped action. Can see detail on the underside of the wings despite the light source being from above. Breathing room around the wing tips before the frame edge. Well done.
Visually your name / watermark would be better lower and to the left, but then you run the risk of unscrupulous people cropping the pic tight and removing it.
Just to keep your head from swelling too much, next time please have the eagle preen the feathers on the inner part of his right wing. There are a couple out of line.
You're making me want to purchase an absurdly long lens and hop on a plane!
Seriously, awesome job.
Visually your name / watermark would be better lower and to the left, but then you run the risk of unscrupulous people cropping the pic tight and removing it.
Just to keep your head from swelling too much, next time please have the eagle preen the feathers on the inner part of his right wing. There are a couple out of line.
You're making me want to purchase an absurdly long lens and hop on a plane!
Seriously, awesome job.
IPT
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Do man, do it! Though do it in the fall so you can get some killer large mamal shots too .
PS: yeah, that NY'ker in me is always paranoid about theft. I used to never even put my best shots online. I've slacked there lately, though there are some gems that still stay in my private archives. I used to lay the watermark over the subject! Still, with PS you can clean up just about anything these days anyway. If someone wants it and has an ounce of skill they'll have it.
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PS: yeah, that NY'ker in me is always paranoid about theft. I used to never even put my best shots online. I've slacked there lately, though there are some gems that still stay in my private archives. I used to lay the watermark over the subject! Still, with PS you can clean up just about anything these days anyway. If someone wants it and has an ounce of skill they'll have it.
