Bald Eagle Family
Jul 4, 2017 13:11:11 #
Good image. Looks like good resolution too with that crop. I thought you recently bought a Panasonic camera- but I see you are using an Olympus EM 10 Mark 2. Do you have both? I must have missed something :) I had the first EM 10 and I thought it was a fine camera- it was on the small size though. Did you find the eagles on the Yakima River?
Jul 4, 2017 13:54:28 #
I always look forward to your eagle images, Linda. They contain all the things I like in a great photograph - composition, color, clarity and, most important to me, an interesting subject. The time you spend among these majestic birds of prey must be exhilarating.
Jul 4, 2017 14:18:33 #
Excellent images. I especially like the hillside background. Everything stands up well in the crop.
Jul 4, 2017 14:33:10 #
Hassie
Loc: Central Pennsylvania
Hi, Linda.
Love the eagles shot.
I am going to Maine on vacation at the end of July and plan to visit some of the wildlife refuges.
Staying in York and driving each day to where ever we feel we want to explore.
Love the eagles shot.
I am going to Maine on vacation at the end of July and plan to visit some of the wildlife refuges.
Staying in York and driving each day to where ever we feel we want to explore.
Jul 4, 2017 15:27:21 #
So nice to capture the Eagle family. Excellent shots and nice recovery. Mahalo for sharing.
Jul 4, 2017 15:32:17 #
So good to see the family again, Linda, and I see it's twins this year. 
Lovely shots, and you have such a fantastic vantage point.
Lovely shots, and you have such a fantastic vantage point.Jul 4, 2017 16:10:05 #
So pleased to see this years family Linda, great capture and composition. IMO one of your best 
Jul 4, 2017 16:18:09 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Though I have had some good results with the 2x di... (show quote)
what a beautifully done family portrait linda! i love it!
Jul 4, 2017 16:58:50 #
roder10 wrote:
Linda, how fortunate you are to see these majestic birds in their natural environment AND to get some great images as well. Excellent post for the Fourth of July.
Thank you for your visit and comments, Rowedean. So glad you enjoyed!
Jul 4, 2017 17:01:08 #
dpullum wrote:
Linda... the prospective is from higher than the Eagle's nest! Did you really climb a tree that high? Great shot... did you use line man's spikes on your ankles?
Yep, cropping makes a difference.... sure does....
Yep, cropping makes a difference.... sure does....
Thank you, Don! So glad you enjoyed. Though the distance is a little beyond the best reach of the cameras I've owned, the location can't be beat. I park the car, walk across a two-lane paved road, and lean against the guardrail, lol. Here is a wide angle view. The nest is in the tree to the right. The Yakima River is the body of water, and it's a bit further below the road than this shot might indicate. This was last year with the bridge camera:
Jul 4, 2017 17:02:52 #
AzPicLady wrote:
Nicely done, Linda. I really like that you're on a level with them and not looking up from underneath. I'd say that camera (and you) do a very good job - to crop that much and it doesn't seem pixelated is quite a good job!
Thank you for viewing, Kathy! I ran my first edit past Minnie, and she pointed out some issues, so I went back to the dng and started over. I think I've wrung the most I can from this, considering the distance and that the wind was buffeting both me and the tree, lol.
Jul 4, 2017 17:03:35 #
ejfin wrote:
Great shot Linda, Seeing them all on the nest simultaneously is fabulous
Thank you; so glad you enjoyed! All had just eaten breakfast, and were feeling sleepy and lazy
Jul 4, 2017 17:06:09 #
Jul 4, 2017 17:06:12 #
Treepusher wrote:
Beautiful images and certainly apropos of the date. Do the same eagles return to that nest each year, or is it just a summer rental and open to anyone? Do you know if once the older eagles die off, do juveniles once raised there return to that spot and claim the nest as their own? Or are they stuck building their own somewhere else, never to return? Just curious.
Thank you for your interest, Randy! All I know is this is the same nesting pair that's been returning for at least seven years. Excellent questions and I shall try to find out more via Mr. Google. I did happen to see a juvie one spring that was attacked and driven away very quickly by the Mister. I felt bad to think it might have been the previous year's offspring attempting to find familiar real estate.
Jul 4, 2017 17:06:49 #
RickL wrote:
Linda, once again, very good photography. Tempos Fuget -time flies.
Thank you, Rick! So pleased you enjoyed.
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