Rock Island Eagles
Jan 25, 2018 07:52:58 #
On January 6th this year my shooting buddy (Shutter Release) and I drove out to Rock Island on the Mississippi River, do to the extended cold weather the River had frozen over, so the Eagles were concentrated in certain areas. Using this link http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Mississippi-River-Project/Education/Eagle-Watching/Eagle-Counts/ we had decided do to time constraints to travel to Lock and Dam No.15.
Air Temperature was a balmy 8 degrees and sunny. The cold helped minimize the haze. We were lucky a couple times as there was a pair that appeared to be showing a juvenile how to fish, did not get those fun to watch.
The ones I did get were not to bad though, (In my humble opinion) All were taken with D500 and Nikon 200-500mm 5.6. shutter started at 1/2000s for the first couple and I bumped to 1/3200s later. I use Auto ISO with no cap. (There are many ways to minimze noise after the fact and I personnely want the shot, I took what Charles Galtzer said about taking pictures to hart, he has a couple of videos for B&H Optic, and no I don't use Cannon products. that is a personnel choice regarding equipment)
All the pictures were edited in Light Room, for crop, highlights and shadows and tonal balance. some masking and sharpening as they were shot in RAW. Metadata is attached so you should be able to see details.
Air Temperature was a balmy 8 degrees and sunny. The cold helped minimize the haze. We were lucky a couple times as there was a pair that appeared to be showing a juvenile how to fish, did not get those fun to watch.
The ones I did get were not to bad though, (In my humble opinion) All were taken with D500 and Nikon 200-500mm 5.6. shutter started at 1/2000s for the first couple and I bumped to 1/3200s later. I use Auto ISO with no cap. (There are many ways to minimze noise after the fact and I personnely want the shot, I took what Charles Galtzer said about taking pictures to hart, he has a couple of videos for B&H Optic, and no I don't use Cannon products. that is a personnel choice regarding equipment)
All the pictures were edited in Light Room, for crop, highlights and shadows and tonal balance. some masking and sharpening as they were shot in RAW. Metadata is attached so you should be able to see details.
Jan 25, 2018 07:56:51 #
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Jan 25, 2018 08:03:37 #
Used to live in Davenport and work at the arsenal. I looked forward to the eagles every year. Only positive thing about winter in that part of the country!
Jan 25, 2018 08:11:58 #
ProfessorRagtop
Loc: Navarre, FL
Outstanding! Particularly like #3 and the light on the forward edge of the wing
Jan 25, 2018 08:14:52 #
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Jan 25, 2018 08:25:45 #
I am not yet savy enough to get the Metadata. Can anyone direct me to general instructions? Thanks.
Jan 25, 2018 08:35:56 #
Homer60 wrote:
On January 6th this year my shooting buddy (Shutte... (show quote)
Magnificent set Mike. I like them all, but #2 is my favorite. Well worth braving the cold.
Jan 25, 2018 08:38:54 #
Homer60 wrote:
On January 6th this year my shooting buddy (Shutte... (show quote)
Great pics!
When younger we used to go down to the dam in Davenport in the spring and watch the eagles fish (and drink at the dock).
Jan 25, 2018 08:39:58 #
newnanphoto wrote:
I am not yet savy enough to get the Metadata. Can anyone direct me to general instructions? Thanks.
If you want to see the metadata of an online photograph, you can use Jeffrey Friedl's Image Metadata Viewer at: http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi Just click the "Download link" and copy the URL into the viewer.
Jan 25, 2018 09:07:01 #
74 adults on 1/17/2018 !!!! I think I'm heading West this weekend. Great images and link to the Eagle report. Thanks!
Jan 25, 2018 09:32:06 #
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