Bald Eagle Photography in Maryland: I had the pleasure of heading out to a place called Conowingo dam. It is pretty widely known for the eagles that show up there in the cooler months.

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I had the pleasure of heading out to a place called Conowingo dam. It is pretty widely known for the eagles that show up there in the cooler months. I wanted to see how the A7SIII handles video on birds and of course I had to capture stills with the a9 and the a7riv. All the still were shot with the 1.4 tele and the video was all shot on the A7SIII and the 200-600. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/1odVJJ6kqDQ

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Outstanding work! Thank you so much for sharing this impressive video.

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

Great video. Absolutely stunning.

ofwiah Loc: NC via MD

Fantastic video. Your video brings back memories for me. I was raised 15 miles from Conowingo. I now live in North Carolina and rarely get to see an Eagle. Every time that I go home I always visit the Conowingo dam to photograph a few eagles. Thanks for the memories.

Gitchigumi Loc: Wake Forest, NC

Thanks, Mark, for another fantastic photo journey! 👍🤓👍

Naptown Gaijin

Mark: If you ever get to Germany, look up a place called Fensterwald (maybe called Fensterberg or Fensterburg). There is an ornothologist there who has trained hawks and falcons to snatch food swung in the air above the viewing audience (usually about 150 or so people. This guy also had a captive bald eagle, tethered and on a perch.

I took photos of that eagle using a Canon A-1 with a Vivitar 70-200 f4 lens in the 1989-91 timeframe, using Ektachrome 100, I think. Made a couple visits and then sold the photos, at the local thrift shop on base, blown up to poster size, to folks in Heidelberg, where I was stationed at the time. Your photos are far superior to mine; the best I have seen in my 71 years, so far. The narration on the video and editing were equally impressive. Well done indeed.

starlifter Loc: Towson, MD

Excellent work, loved it.

trinhqthuan Loc: gaithersburg

Mark_Smith_Photos wrote:

I had the pleasure of heading out to a place called Conowingo dam. It is pretty widely known for the eagles that show up there in the cooler months. I wanted to see how the A7SIII handles video on birds and of course I had to capture stills with the a9 and the a7riv. All the still were shot with the 1.4 tele and the video was all shot on the A7SIII and the 200-600. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/1odVJJ6kqDQ

THANKS

JFCoupe Loc: Kent, Washington

The best video and stills of bald eagles that I have seen. Just amazing shot of even more amazing birds.

Overthehill1

Fantastic video and stills. Didn't look away for a second.

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Outstanding video and great photos.

Mark_Smith_Photos

UTMike wrote:

Outstanding work! Thank you so much for sharing this impressive video.

Thanks for watching!

Mark_Smith_Photos

JRiepe wrote:

Great video. Absolutely stunning.

Thank you!

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ofwiah wrote:

Fantastic video. Your video brings back memories for me. I was raised 15 miles from Conowingo. I now live in North Carolina and rarely get to see an Eagle. Every time that I go home I always visit the Conowingo dam to photograph a few eagles. Thanks for the memories.

You are welcome! Thanks for watching and for sharing the eagle pic!

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Gitchigumi wrote:

Thanks, Mark, for another fantastic photo journey! 👍🤓👍

You are welcome!