I love raptors, and eagles are my favorites. Here's a link to a story about the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory. Might be more interesting and educational than zoo pics.
I spent a fair amount of time amongst the eagles in Haines, Alaska, and out along the Chilkat River, where there's a five mile or so stretch of the Chilkat that never freezes over, providing the eagles with food even during to coldest months. When I was up there I stayed in Haines long enough to be able to recognize individual eagles that came into town and hung around, observing the locals and their rituals from fence posts and roof tops. There was one guy, who only had one leg, that seemed to be adopted by the town. He would allow people to get pretty close - except for the tourists that he didn't know well enough. After a while I was able to get within about ten or fifteen feet of him. He was a magnificent bird. The mating ritual of the eagles is an amazing sight, Bruce. I won't say more about it here, but if you're interested you can do a search on what's involved. While your shot may suffer a bit from lack of DOF by the standards of some purists, I like it quite a bit regardless. The head and eyes are quite sharp, and the somewhat OOF body and feathers, while in some ways weakening the entire photo, strengthen the sharp part. Did I mention that I like eagles ... if I can find the slides I'll scan a few that I took with a ST 105/2.8 on a film camera. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton > Taken at the San Francisco Zoo. Yes, it would be much cooler if I had > hiked somewhere to find this, but I like it nonetheless. > > Pentax *istD, Sigma 100-300/4 EX @ 280mm, monopod > ISO 400, 1/180 sec @ f/5.6 > > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/sfzoo_0288a.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
