Jack, They are tough to catch. Maybe next time? Your picture is sure better than any I have of bald eagles! Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks, Liz! I first say him perched in a tree behind a few small branches. I > tried a few shots through the passenger window, then got out and placed a > bean bag on the hood for a couple. He was probably 100 yds away and there was > a trail leading in his direction, but as I stepped around the rig he > immediately flew. As he took off, he did a wing over showing me his back with > both wings straight out. > The sun lit him up and he was at his closest point from me. I DIDN'T GET ON > HIM SOON ENOUGH..eeehhh!!! He then landed in another tree about 150 yds away, > hesitated for a moment and took off, offering me this view..among many > others. I kept shooting 'til he was a tiny black dot. > > Jack > > --- On Fri, 12/31/10, Elizabeth Masoner <lizmaso...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> From: Elizabeth Masoner <lizmaso...@bellsouth.net> >> Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 8:36 AM >> Lovely bird. If you can catch >> him at the right time of day for the sun to >> hit him from behind you with the clouds still there it'll >> really be >> dramatic. :) >> >> >> On 12/31/10 10:13 AM, "Jack Davis" <jdavi...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch >> since moving near a >> > location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but >> has encouraged me. >> > Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a >> "dramatic" wing position >> > and, I feel, complimentary clouds. >> > Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a >> tree 'til it became a >> > tiny black dot. >> > >> > Jack >> > >> > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 >> > >> > K20, DA 55~300 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
