yeah, it's as good as the lens allows. if i didn't have the 80-320, i wouldn't have had a shot at all, just a speck in the distance. there is a slight bit of motion blur, but i was able to shoot at 1/1000 and that helped. of the 24 shots i took, 5 are good and distinct enough to be usable for stock photos of bald eagles in the area. i chose this one to display specifically because of the connection from the chunk of fish in the beak back to the body. my biologist friend says that it looks like a shad or a shad-like fish.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mustarde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 7:29 AM Subject: Re: PAW: a lucky shot > Very good shot, especially considering the distance and limited time > and equipment you had. It's easy to get motion blur in those > conditions, but your shot appears as sharp as the lens would allow. > > CAUTION, GORY PARAGRAPH: > Did you notice the little piece of meat in the beak has a thread > extending back to the body that hasn't popped free yet? I once had a > pic of a vulture in the road pulling an intestine from a road kill > skunk, he had it extended like a piano wire about three feet long. > Someone at my wife's work saw it and got me to make an 8x10 for them - > what taste, I thought. > END GORY PARAGRAPH.
