[LRflex] Re: Eagles at Otter Bay Ferry Terminal
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:35:27 -0700
Good Mornng, Howard!
Well, it seems that you live on Eagle Island, not Pender Island! I am envious!
All good shots, and the 80-400 acquits itself very well on your D800e.
OF the bunch, I prefer the forest background (1310), but between that and 1410,
it's a tough choice!
David.
> Hi Flexers,
> I have not posted pictures to the LUG for a few weeks - grand parenting
> duties with Aubrey, aka "Hank the Tank", and
> several house guests have kept me and Esther extra busy.Still, the
> pictures have been accumulating
> and I thought I would open a new Eagle 2014 Folder to show a few of my
> better ones. These were all taken with the Nikon D800E and the 80 - 400
> VR zoom lens - hand held - processed in CS 6. Last week we have a fellow
> photographer visiting and I took him down to the Otter Bay ferry
> terminal to feed and photograph the eagles. The birds' reaction
> was unusual. They came when whistled for, but they only circled the
> salmon strips and did not swoop in to snatch them up. The only variable
> from the ordinary was the presence of my visitor and I guess his being
> there made the eagles more cautious. The circling made for some fine
> photo opportunities.
>
> First an eagle fly by over water:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/1410.jpg.html>
>
> and then against the forest background:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/1310.jpg.html>
>
> Flying in to inspect the salmon strips:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/1146.jpg.html>
>
> Turning just over my head:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/_DSC1172.jpg.html>
>
> And swooshing by:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-
> users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/_DSC1175.jpg.html>
>
> For the last two photos I racked the lens back to 185mm but it wasn't
> far enough to have the full body of the eagle in the frame. These last
> two photos are full frame - no cropping.
>
> I have just taken delivery of a used, but not abused, Nikon D4 body and
> I hope that my focus success rate will go up with this 10fps pro body
> compared to the 5fps D800E.
>
> Stay tuned.
>
> Howard (on hot sunny dry Pender Island).------
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