incoming bald eagle

[Bob Smith]

Returning from an evening dyke walk last night when this fellow decide to perch above me. I saw him coming in plenty of time to get the full incoming and landing sequence. There was another lombardy poplar right beside this one that had a nest in it but sadly it got blown down in a big windstorm last January. I don't know if this is one of the residents of that nest but if so it's the male because the female was banded. It sure is fun shooting a landing sequence ( of which this part ) with the 1DxII. Canon 1DxII, Sigma 150-600, f5-6.3 OS Contemp., ISO 3200,f/6.3, 1/4000,HH.181591<script type="text/javascript" src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/c3d60d9a/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/c3d60d9a/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></script>

[John Mack]

Nice landing pose on the eagle. Like those outstreched talons. Wish for a cleaner view of the perch.

[William Dickson]

I like this Bob...Yes the BG is a little too much OOF, but, at that SS you captured the bird real good. Really nice flight pose, facial expression is priceless, good detail for the ISO...Well done

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'll admit that the oof stuff at right is a bit much for me, but I love the intensity of the eagle's stare, its' outstretched talons and overall pose.

[arash_hazeghi]

pretty cool intense landing with the talons. the FG brushes blocking the landing perch was a bummer. the leaves are very noisy, they can use some NR as well, the bird looks sharp and clean well done

TFS

[Bob Smith]

Thanks to you all for your input on this image and apologies for delay in responding---I've been overwhelmed the last few days with a yard reconstruction project. I'll try another thread next week with another shot from the series cloning out some of the offending perch tree.<object type="application/x-KPMPlugin" id="kpm_plugin"></object>
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