Bald Eagle

[BrentC]

So last week I was on an African lion safari....hmm, let me rephrase that, last week I went to African Lion Safari. About a hour from where I live. Damn I wish I was actually in Africa. They had birds of prey demonstrations among other animals. I took a ton of photos which I will post throughout the next couple of weeks.

I wish I could have gone to a second show of the birds of prey so I could position myself better and I would know where the birds are coming from and where they would go but did not have the chance. I also realized I still need a lot of practice.

Anyways here are some of the Bald Eagle. Sorry for all the pics.

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Bald Eagle by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

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Bald Eagle by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

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Bald Eagle by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

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Bald Eagle by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

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Bald Eagle by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

6. Yes I cloned something out on this one very badly.

Bald Eagle by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

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Bald Eagle by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

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Bald Eagle by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

 

[jcdeboever]

Super nice. Great exposure.

 

[zombiesniper]

Great set.

Always loved the feather pattern of a Bald Eagle.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

If I played the lottery, and if I won, an African Safari would be one of the first on my to-do list. Looking forward to more from this. Nicely done!

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Nice set

 

[baturn]

Very nice! Particularly #5.

 

[John Hunt]

Very nice set! What autofocus settings are you using?

 

[birdbonkers84]

Great set, beautiful bald eagle, those portrait shots are lovely!

 

[goooner]

Great set!

 

[BrentC]

Super nice. Great exposure.

Great set.

Always loved the feather pattern of a Bald Eagle.

If I played the lottery, and if I won, an African Safari would be one of the first on my to-do list. Looking forward to more from this. Nicely done!

Nice set

Very nice! Particularly #5.

Great set!

Thanks guys!

 

[BrentC]

Great set, beautiful bald eagle, those portrait shots are lovely!

Thanks Mark!

 

[BrentC]

Very nice set! What autofocus settings are you using?

Thanks John. For the stills I tend to switch between S-AF and C-AF depending on the situation, I find that S-AF gives more accurate live histogram and blinkies than C-AF. But for action and bif's and what I used for all these shots was C-AF, single AF point and Sequential Low reduced to 10fps.

 

[BrentC]

Can someone tell me if its possible to do a good job of cloning out the water barrel in picture #7 and have it look seamless with the oof grass in the BG? In #6 I did a quick and dirty clone out of the handlers leg on the left side. Its very noticeable and I don't know how to blend the BG in better. My PS skills are not very good, does someone know of a good tutorial specifically for that kind of editing?

 

[Gary A.]

Very nice, especially the portraits. Man, Bald Eagles always seem to have constipation.

 

[HavToNo]

Fantastic shots Brent. I haven't been there since my kid was little. I live less than an hour away so I should get down there this summer.