Posts: krus54114 | Ugly Hedgehog

These are great pictures. Definitely National geographic quality. These birds are so magnificent that it would be hard to get a really bad picture of them.

spitfire99 thank you so much...
I am not sure they are good enough for National geographic.

Yes they are magnificent birds, but I have taken some what I call bad shots of them. In Feb. a group of us went on a road trip to get Eagles.. Temps was about 9 degrees, super windy. At that time I was just using my D7000 and everything was freezing up. Our lens, camera's and yes us too. And the pictures did not to the birds justice.
I know it was not the camera's fault, it was us shaking for the cold. Boy we did have a good time thou, something I will never forget.

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Apr 15, 2013 23:57:11 #

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Quarter20 wrote:

Very nice pictures especially with the snow. I am ordering my 7100 soon.

dh

Oh thank you so very much. Ordered the snow just for the pictures, LOL. Not really, but the Eagles really come in when we have snow storms for some reason.
I hope you enjoy your D7100 as much as I love mine, I am in heaven with it.

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Apr 15, 2013 22:35:15 #

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firegod44 wrote:

Your pictures are just marvelous. Nothing like a new camera huh? Looking forward to seeing more of your work. :-) (One of these days I'm gonna have to quit lurking and figure out how to put a few of mine on here..lol)

Thanks firegod44,
Oh my goodness, when I first heard about the D7100 I know I needed it. Lighter weight then the full frames, and still good pictures.
If you want help uploading any of your pictures I can try and help.
I also love playing with files and computers.
What kind of a camera do you have? and Megpix size? and do you have any editing program. It's fun once you start to play.

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Apr 15, 2013 22:29:38 #

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rshuert wrote:

I, too, just took delivery of my new Nikon D7100 and am loving it (I also have the 70-300mm lens to go with it)!! Your pictures are fantastic! I am attaching some eagle pics I took in Florida recently. Heard about a pair, went to the place and caught one of them at the nest. Any comments (pro or con!) would be appreciated!

I think they are great. Do you use any editing programs? If not wow they are awesome. I always try to use a tripod because of my shoulder and back problems. If I do not use the tripod then I do get some camera blur from the weight of the 70-33mm lens. If you would not mind I would love to lighting one of your pictures and re - post it to you. You would not beleave what a little lighting would do to a picture. Then you could see what I am talking about. I also take my photos in Raw, can really play with the pictures then.

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Apr 15, 2013 22:23:09 #

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GPS Phil wrote:

Beautiful shots, would love to be able to download at least one to see what your new camera can do.

Phil

GPS Phil, Thanks glad you like them.
The files are about 27.6 MB in raw files that is what I work with and shoot in. I use Elements 11. So when I place my pictures on the internet. I crop reduce the resolution down to 100 pixels/inches.

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Apr 15, 2013 22:09:13 #

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MagicFad wrote:

You have done a terrific job taking these photos; National Geo quality.

MagicFad,
Thank you so much for the vote of confidence, my family tells me that too. Glad you like them.

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Apr 15, 2013 22:07:27 #

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raymondh wrote:

Terrific shots - well done!!!

raymondh thank you so much.

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Apr 15, 2013 22:06:49 #

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Jamers wrote:

Very nice photos. I have a question, how do you recognize the difference of gender between the two eagles? Perhaps the female holds her wings in a certain position opposed to the other as seen in one of the photos? Though..I remember having the same question about some humans I have seen lately. :roll:

LOL Jamers,

The female is bigger then the male, I have a raptor center in Antigo that helps me. I take the pictures and send them to them. Plus I have been watching them for 2 years. And I have gotten pictures of the 2 together in a tree. And she is about 3 inches bigger then he is. And when I get close ups of them, he has 2 white feathers on his left leg. He also is all clean and well groomed.

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Apr 15, 2013 09:44:10 #

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Screamin Scott wrote:

You've got some nice shots there.. Now to get yourself either a larger internal hard drive, a large external hard drive or both....I just picked up a D7100 too. Jpegs in standard are like 6MB+, Raw captures run about 27MB+...I shoot in Raw, so I have Lightroom set to put the images in a folder I set up on my external drive, plus, I'm being a bit more judicious as to what files I keep...Enjoy the Cam !!!

Thanks Screamin,
Yes I know I have to get some bigger external hard drives. And I too shoot in Raw and Jpegs so lots of room needed. I only have 3 diffident exteranl 1T's right now and most of them full. What I need to do is start burning them on DVD's and sort out the ones I don't want. I really hope you like your camera as much as I do.
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Apr 15, 2013 09:38:36 #

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jpauldo wrote:

Great pictures, did you do anything in photoshop?

Hi jpauldo,
Yes I work in photoshop all the time, and some times in lightroom.

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Apr 15, 2013 09:37:17 #

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Deejaysr2013 wrote: