one second in the life of an eagle.

[coastalconn]

This developed in front of me very unexpectedly. The D300 does 8 FPS and I timed it perfect.
This is part of the 8 frame series. If you would like to see the whole series, I put it in a set here Eagles approaching 1 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Eagles together by krisinct, on Flickr



Eagles seperating by krisinct, on Flickr

 

[nmoody]

Wow is that an impressive event! Awesome timing and great capture.

 

[thetrue]

Wow, I wonder how often that's captured!? NatGeo photographer to FTW!

 

[WesternGuy]

CC, what a great capture.:thumbup: You continue to raise the bar for this forum when it comes to bird photography. It just shows, that if you go out often enough, you will be rewarded, and what a reward. I would seriously think about approaching a "birding" magazine and see if they would be interested in buying these images together with a short story/description. - yes - seriously. Find out who the Art Director of Photo Editor is and send them an e-mail with maybe a small copy of one picture and explain to him what you have and maybe your idea(s) for a short descriptive narrative based on the sequence of images that you took. Do you know if these were two males fighting over territory and/or a female?

WesternGuy

 

[Snakeguy101]

Amazing series!

 

[stanton3]

Awesome! You finally found some eagles!

 

[coastalconn]

I really wish I could have a do-over on this one. A higher shutter speed would have helped with sharpness.. But I consider myself very lucky to see and record this. I asked some birders about the behavior, so maybe later I will have an update..

 

[nmoody]

I really wish I could have a do-over on this one. A higher shutter speed would have helped with sharpness.. But I consider myself very lucky to see and record this. I asked some birders about the behavior, so maybe later I will have an update..

Woulda coulda shoulda, know what you could of done but be happy with what you got =)

 

[sm4him]

That durn eagle is flying UPSIDE DOWN!! That's just crazy stuff! :lmao:

Coastalconn, seriously, I am not sure if you inspire me to keep plugging away at improving my feeble little bird shots, or give up birds altogether. I tell myself it's the lens--couldn't be the photographer.

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Very cool!

 

[coastalconn]

That durn eagle is flying UPSIDE DOWN!! That's just crazy stuff! :lmao:

Coastalconn, seriously, I am not sure if you inspire me to keep plugging away at improving my feeble little bird shots, or give up birds altogether. I tell myself it's the lens--couldn't be the photographer.

Never give up I can't believe how far I have progressed in 6 months! It's hard to pinpoint, I got my D300 in June and my images seemed to get better, but I became more addicted at the same time and started going out almost every morning that there is sun. 27K clicks since mid June might be slightly obsessed

 

[ColorExperts]

Outstanding shot. I am so wonder after visit your series its really amazing !!

 

[Aloicious]

that crazy, please update us if your birding friends have any insight on the event. your shots keep making me wanting a 500mm+ lens.

 

[nmoody]

Went and looked at rest in your series and you got ones that would make super cool inspirational posters (well for Americans . Specifically the merge and approaching ones.

 

[Mach0]

Where was this? I've been itching to see some