Even seen an eagle hop?

[Recty]

I thought this was a good picture He was taking a little hop instead of walking through the snow.

 

[ghandidawgg]

cool. that's a beutiful pic. did you take it yourself?

 

[Recty]

Yep, once every couple months I take a trip down to Homer and usually see a lot of eagles. I've gotten some neat pictures with my 50D.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Nice one Recty! Did you take this with your 24-70?!

 

[Recty]

This was with my bro's 100mm macro lens. I took some with my 24-70 but most of the time I was at 70mm and wanting more so I switched to the 100mm.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Yeah I would think 100 or even 200 wouldn't be enough reach. Nice work, I know you were CLOSE!

 

[ghandidawgg]

yea, definetly a great pic, very inspiring

 

[Reef Bass]

Nice Recty. It seems a bit odd at first because the eagle is in mid air but the wings are not outstretched. I love seeing whatelse my favorite camera and lens can do!

 

[Recty]

Thanks!

Here's some more from the weekend... you can see a lot of the eagles are kind of off white or gray where they should be just white. A local volcano has been erupting pretty steady for the last 2-3 weeks, Mt. Redoubt, so there is a lot of ash in the area and it's tainting the eagles feathers.

And this is some little red headed bird, not sure what it is...

 

[ghandidawgg]

I really like your pics. what camera are you using? do u use a tripod or just shoot?

 

[Recty]

It's a Canon 50D.

Most of my outside stuff is handheld. Well, all this series is, none of it is on a tripod.

I only use a tripod when it's low lighting conditions most of the stuff I'm shooting is moving around enough that if I had to stay in one spot with a tripod I'd have a hard time getting the shots.

 

[ghandidawgg]

how do you get the moving shots so clear?

 

[Recty]

High shutter speed, for most of the flying shots I was at 1/800th of a second or higher.

 

[Robb in Austin]

Great capture!

Looks like he has a bit of a smile/smirk, like he is enjoying himself, in that first one.

Well done sir!

 

[IPT]

Love the second one in the second post. Always find it difficult to get them in that orientation. Nice job. I hear they tore down Jean Keene's place. End of an era. Used to love going down there every winter. Actually saw an Ermine there last time (about a month ago).

 

[Recty]

Yep, that's about the only good picture I've got of the eagles back while in a dive. I've got millions of them from the stomach side. It's rare to get one of the top. I took it from a deck about 15 feet off the ground is why I got it

Yep, they tore down the eagle lady's place, too bad. You wont see that again in Alaska or pretty much anywhere.

 

[ahuxman58]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14811532#post14811532 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Recty

And this is some little red headed bird, not sure what it is...

That would be a Male Common Redpoll a common bird for the area they migrate down to the northern states and Canada in winter.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Redpoll.html

Nice Eagle shots good variety.Would have been better to have more detail in and on the wings instead of a dark void on the undersides. Easier said than done I know, but makes for better Avian shots.

 

[Recty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14817771#post14817771 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ahuxman58
That would be a Male Common Redpoll a common bird for the area they migrate down to the northern states and Canada in winter.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Redpoll.html

Nice Eagle shots good variety.Would have been better to have more detail in and on the wings instead of a dark void on the undersides. Easier said than done I know, but makes for better Avian shots.

Thanks for the info on the bird.

You probably need to calibrate your monitor, you should be seeing plenty of texture under the wings.

 

[ahuxman58]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14818066#post14818066 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Recty


You probably need to calibrate your monitor, you should be seeing plenty of texture under the wings. [/B]

As a matter of fact I did just get a new monitor last week I did some adjusting and it does look better I can see better detail on the wings, I guess its just me being spoiled with a great Eagle winter this last season getting shots like these, This is what I mean by detail :

 

[Recty]

Yeah, you had some nice work with the sun there, I was unfortunately taking from an angle where the subject was between me and the sun.