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Photography F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2024 Nov 26 6:56 am)
The kind lady who took us to the spot has better photos. Fortunately for her the location is close enough to visit fairly often. She said next year the first visit will be sooner since these eagles did nest earlier than expected. At that time earlier in the year, foliage will not hamper photos quite so much.
I did not get photos I would have liked but did watch this magnificient bird and its mate fly over and cricle a few time. The sight was quite wonderful. Yes, a good photo of that would have been nice but was like shooting a distant moving creature through a lattice work ...made of trees, branches and leaves.
This was a good day.
This was a good day.
The hill was steep with a small rock ledge and four of us each trying and switching around to get a shot between the stuff between us and the birds. Focus was tough and manual a must. The white on the tree side at the nest the chick dark..so exposure was also a trial! These are blown up a bit and cropped from 300mm..
The eagles sure won't build an aerie in a convenient spot for us...and that is the better for them. I believe humans are their greatest predator.
I'd be excited just to see one...thanks for sharing this
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Wonderful, Tom! So sad about the smaller one though. We have bald eagles in our area, but very rare to see them also and never their nests! I see golden eagles more often, as they are much more common here. Both birds are huge and very imtimidating, hard to see why we scare them.... they're the ones with the huge talons and sharp beak!
Kim Hawkins
Kim Hawkins Eastern Sierra Gallery
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I got three "just acceptable" shots of the parent when it came back for a second time. The first time, it left fairly quiclly after we arrived. It would not stay with us there but did fly over and circle from a distance keeping a watch. Twice to my notice, both parents flew over, one a distance behind the other.
These are certainly not gallery worthy photos but are my first of a bald eagle in the wild and a chick. The chick will need 4 to 5 years to fully develop the adult plumage of white head and tail. Even with spot metering at 300mm and manual focus to cut through the branches and leaves, the white of the parent head blew out, over exposed and cannot be recovered.
The Renderosity member I met is ocoee53. Why did we not think to take a shot together or the meeting for the forum? Who knows. I do hope he got better photos than I did. It was a treat to meet this gentleman.