Eagles in flight

crimbfighter · Aug 17, 2017

These are a pretty heavy crop from a D7100 I borrowed for our trip up north. As a result, the IQ isn't the greatest. But I still thought they turned out okay.

All shot with the D7100, 70-200 f/2.8 at f/8ish.

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4. Juvenile coming in for a landing

5. Well, not an eagle, but this gull was buzzing around, too.

ZombiesniperJr · Aug 17, 2017

Great set my fave is 1 you shot these with a 70-200mm!!!!???

weepete · Aug 18, 2017

Very nice!

crimbfighter · Aug 18, 2017

ZombiesniperJr said:
Great set my fave is 1 you shot these with a 70-200mm!!!!???

Thanks! Yeah, all with the 70-200. I was able to get pretty close for some of them. Using the boat let me creep up pretty well.

weepete said:
Very nice!

Thank you!

BrentC · Aug 18, 2017

Very nice set.

baturn · Aug 18, 2017

Very nice. #4 for me.

Braineack · Aug 18, 2017

ive seen worse IQ from closer shots with zero crop

Calvin with Signs.com · Aug 18, 2017

These look great! My favorite is definitely #4, such a cool shot showing the eagle making its landing.

snowbear · Aug 18, 2017

I love the lighting in the first one.

Havana · Aug 18, 2017

Very nice set.

Dean_Gretsch · Aug 18, 2017

I wish the wingtip wasn't cut off in number 1....it is my favorite. Nicely done. It is my experience that using a kayak always gets me closer too.

crimbfighter · Aug 18, 2017

BrentC said:
Very nice set.

Thanks!

baturn said:
Very nice. #4 for me.

Thank you! That one was a moment of luck having just started motoring away, I threw it in neutral and grabbed the camera just in time!

Braineack said:
ive seen worse IQ from closer shots with zero crop

Haha, very true!

Calvin with Signs.com said:
These look great! My favorite is definitely #4, such a cool shot showing the eagle making its landing.

Thank you!

snowbear said:
I love the lighting in the first one.

The lighting is what made that one a keeper for me.

Havana said:
Very nice set.

Thanks!

Dean_Gretsch said:
I wish the wingtip wasn't cut off in number 1....it is my favorite. Nicely done. It is my experience that using a kayak always gets me closer too.

I completely agree, I wish and wish the same thing. The Eagle was actually all the way at the bottom of the frame when I captured it, hence the wingtip being cut off. It kept making abrupt turns so it was hard to track..

SquarePeg · Aug 18, 2017

Awesome set! I like #2 and #3 best. 2 is just such a classic and shows the wingspan and eagle eye focus. 3 I love because its an unusual angle. I'm assuming he was flying over you but it looks almost like a phoenix rising pose.