Eagle Team 5... Week 6 Update
Apr 12, 2024 18:29:18 #
24Megapixseal
Loc: Kansas
Had a hard time getting a glimpse of the 3rd eaglet, but we finally did... I just didn't get a photo with three heads up... Maybe next week. But I captured photo with the back of the 3rd eaglet.
They're looking better with lots more big feathers.
Attached photo with some grackles in the tree above the nest, for relative sizing.
Momma had either taken a morning bath or caught breakfast and was drying off.
Pops was capture in a dead tree, looking pretty study, before flying over to sit by Momma.
The early mid-morning sunlight and everything being to the west of my location, just make these photos.... Just always gotta remember to dial in -0.3 EV
And I kinda just screwed up this morning, because usually I anticipate a flying shot when I first get there, so I set camera to shutter priority and 1/1250s, and -0.3 EV, then when the adults are perched and for nest shots I usually switch to P-mode and -0.3 EV.... But this morning I forgot to switch to P-mode and I guess while shooting/reviewing photos, and while spinning the dial, I jacked some of the photos up between 1/2500s and 1/3200s.. Causing auto-ISO to go up and noise to show up in the background...
And to boot I forgot extra batteries, which I usually ALWAYS have with me, but the temps were better than I anticipated and I took my jacket off and left it at the car...about 20 photos in, the battery icon pops up and I was soooo mad at myself for brain farting, but luckily I was able to take all the photos I wanted and the icon never even started flashing....WHEW...CUZ THAT WOULDA REALLY PISSED ME OFF...it's a long hike into the nest.
Just a total lack of attention/focus today. I gotta be more on top of it...
Jeez!
They're looking better with lots more big feathers.
Attached photo with some grackles in the tree above the nest, for relative sizing.
Momma had either taken a morning bath or caught breakfast and was drying off.
Pops was capture in a dead tree, looking pretty study, before flying over to sit by Momma.
The early mid-morning sunlight and everything being to the west of my location, just make these photos.... Just always gotta remember to dial in -0.3 EV
And I kinda just screwed up this morning, because usually I anticipate a flying shot when I first get there, so I set camera to shutter priority and 1/1250s, and -0.3 EV, then when the adults are perched and for nest shots I usually switch to P-mode and -0.3 EV.... But this morning I forgot to switch to P-mode and I guess while shooting/reviewing photos, and while spinning the dial, I jacked some of the photos up between 1/2500s and 1/3200s.. Causing auto-ISO to go up and noise to show up in the background...
And to boot I forgot extra batteries, which I usually ALWAYS have with me, but the temps were better than I anticipated and I took my jacket off and left it at the car...about 20 photos in, the battery icon pops up and I was soooo mad at myself for brain farting, but luckily I was able to take all the photos I wanted and the icon never even started flashing....WHEW...CUZ THAT WOULDA REALLY PISSED ME OFF...it's a long hike into the nest.
Just a total lack of attention/focus today. I gotta be more on top of it...
Jeez!
Apr 12, 2024 18:34:32 #
24Megapixseal
Loc: Kansas
Photo with cellphone showing river levee, the nest, where I shoot photos from, and wife and another couple that went with me this morning. (Probably the reason I forgot batteries and camera settings, cuz I usually go it alone)
Look closely in that last photo, you see nest and the parents just left of center, in distance, perched in dead tree.
Look closely in that last photo, you see nest and the parents just left of center, in distance, perched in dead tree.
Apr 12, 2024 19:02:56 #
24Megapixseal wrote:
Had a hard time getting a glimpse of the 3rd eagle... (show quote)
Masterful shooting 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
Apr 12, 2024 19:03:15 #
24Megapixseal wrote:
Photo with cellphone showing river levee, the nest, where I shoot photos from, and wife and another couple that went with me this morning. (Probably the reason I forgot batteries and camera settings, cuz I usually go it alone)
Look closely in that last photo, you see nest and the parents just left of center, in distance, perched in dead tree.
Look closely in that last photo, you see nest and the parents just left of center, in distance, perched in dead tree.
Nice ⭐⭐⭐
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