Snoqualmie Valley Eagles: A Pair of Wet Birds: December 30 was just a plain wet, drizzly day. Did you know? The beak of the female is curved down its full length. The beak of the male...

neilds37 Loc: Port Angeles, WA

December 30 was just a plain wet, drizzly day.

Did you know? The beak of the female is curved down its full length. The beak of the male comes out fairly straight from the feathers before it curves down.

Two birds in a tree
Two birds in a tree...

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W9OD Loc: Wisconsin

Very nice. Thank you for sharing the information. Seeing these majestic birds is fun.

RainierView Loc: Eatonville, WA

neilds37 wrote:

December 30 was just a plain wet, drizzly day.

Did you know? The beak of the female is curved down its full length. The beak of the male comes out fairly straight from the feathers before it curves down.

Awesome shots. What lens did you use?

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Good work, Neil! Happy New Year!

neilds37 Loc: Port Angeles, WA

RainierView wrote:

Awesome shots. What lens did you use?

Thank you, RainierView.
I only have one lens. Zeiss 24-4/8.8-220. 24 mm to 600 mm (35mm equiv.).

Julie Ames Loc: Stratton, Co.

[quote=neilds37]December 30 was just a plain wet, drizzly day.

Did you know? The beak of the female is curved down its full length. The beak of the male comes out fairly straight from the feathers before it curves down.

I did not know that. Thanks for the information.
Great pics

djclow

Thank you for posting. I did not know that about the beak of the eagle!

MSW

didn't know that - cool 'stuff to know.'

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Nicely done.

RainierView Loc: Eatonville, WA

neilds37 wrote:

Thank you, RainierView.
I only have one lens. Zeiss 24-4/8.8-220. 24 mm to 600 mm (35mm equiv.).

Wow, you have my dream lens. I only use one lens, but much smaller, my Canon 18-200mm. My upgrade was to be a Tamron 18-400mm but our business has been shut down since February thanks to COVID. Maybe next year.

neilds37 Loc: Port Angeles, WA

RainierView wrote:

Wow, you have my dream lens. I only use one lens, but much smaller, my Canon 18-200mm. My upgrade was to be a Tamron 18-400mm but our business has been shut down since February thanks to COVID. Maybe next year.

I guess you didn't notice my signature line. I shoot a bridge camera, one fixed, non-changeable lens. Makes life a whole lot easier.

neilds37 Loc: Port Angeles, WA

UTMike wrote:

Good work, Neil! Happy New Year!

Thank you, Mike. It's nice to be able to find something to shoot from inside the car on a wet day. The swans were very active.

RainierView Loc: Eatonville, WA

neilds37 wrote:

I guess you didn't notice my signature line. I shoot a bridge camera, one fixed, non-changeable lens. Makes life a whole lot easier.

I've been thinking about doing the same thing, but with a limited budget until we open back up and things start going well again. Do you have the Sony RX10?

neilds37 Loc: Port Angeles, WA

RainierView wrote:

I've been thinking about doing the same thing, but with a limited budget until we open back up and things start going well again. Do you have the Sony RX10?

Yes, Model 4. Just remember there are trade-offs to everything. The high zoom power of the bridges is a greatly reduced size of the sensor. Even with a 1" sensor they still need LOTS of light. One solution to that is a lot of time in PP. I've spent 10 years learning to live with this, and I do not regret my decision. I'd do it again. I've had the satisfaction of making a photo that someone is willing to pay several hundred for - I'm still in the hole. The help and advice from the good folks here on UHH have made a tough job much easier. What I enjoy the most, is being able to take the camera to any situation and know I have the proper lens in place. Know the limitations before putting out the bucks.

I often think about all of the small businesses having to shut down through this Pandemic. I can only hope you can all hang in there and survive,

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

neilds37 wrote:

December 30 was just a plain wet, drizzly day.

Did you know? The beak of the female is curved down its full length. The beak of the male comes out fairly straight from the feathers before it curves down.