Feathered Friday ~ Bald Eagle Steals The Show
Last night I was out looking for a sunset, then this happened...
Nikon D750, 1/800s f/4.0 ISO720 120mm
I was at Saxe Point in Victoria, about 15 minutes before sunset. I wasn't thinking about birds and didn't have a long lens with me, instead I had a 24-120mm on the camera.
The eagle flies directly overhead. I had time to follow it for a few seconds.
The eagle was heading straight for its nest. Instead of showing you every shot one by one, I made a little gif file of the eagle landing in the nest. Here are all twelve shots I captured, replayed in something like real time...
To show you the difference a decent long lens makes, below is a shot from a different day. There's more detail and I can crop tighter as well. (I crop the hell out of all my bird shots, just sayin')
When I go looking for birds, the above image what I hope for, but what about that sunset?
Really great captures! And that sunset is stunning, too. I've got a couple bird photos, but have been busy with Shadow Contest posts. I'll get the birds posted soon! 😃
Thank you, Melinda! Whenever you have time is good with me. I'm way behind, it will take me a long time to catch up!
That is such a beautiful bird, eagle 🦅
I like the way you provided the pictures
Here is my entry into #featheredfriday
https://steemit.com/dtube/@wolfhart/k2y044k0
Thanks very much! I was just checking your post out, very cool! :-)
Thanks so much, @pixresteemer!
I like the 12 shots you shared so we got to see the eagle returning to the nest.
Thank you! I enjoy making those little gif files, it seems simpler than posting every individual shot.
Happy Feathered Friday @keithboone! :-)
That is so special when going for sunset and get
a awesome eagle movie too!!
Our northern eagles hanging out.
Thank you @ shasta! That's an awesome post you made! Have a great weekend :-)
What beautiful pictures ! Great job.
Thank you very much, have a great weekend!
beautiful photography...!!
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Thank you, glad you liked it :-)
What cool shots and thats such a cool idea making the gif
and then a gorgeous sunset to finish off love it
Thanks a lot, glad you liked the post :-)
Indeed I did have a good weekend ;)
This is my photo for featheredfriday
https://partiko.app/@schiba/featheredfriday-ducks-aoyene8j
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Thank you for posting, very lovely ducks! Have a great weekend.
Luckily to capture the great shots of the eagle. Love the sunset. U&R
My post for featheredfriday:
https://steemit.com/featheredfriday/@redheadpei/feathered-friday-juncos
Thank you, it was quite lucky, I had just gotten out of the car and wasn't really ready for it!