Bald Eagles - Airborn Battle

[Jim Neiger]

I just returned from a trip to Haines, Ak to photograph Bald Eagles and do some scouting for workshops I plan to do there in 2013. I invited Arash Hazeghi to join me. We met in Juneau and spent 5 days photographing the Eagles. The Eagles feed on Salmon that have spawned and are continuing upstream to die. This is an image from a series of images of a midair battle over a chunk of Salmon. It is one of my favorites from the trip. Thanks for looking. I hope you like it.

Haines, AK - 1D Mark IV, 600mm IS L II, hand held, 1/800, F4, ISO 1000, manual exposure mode

[Arthur Morris]

Love the fight and the BKGR. Whites look bright.

[Jim Neiger]

Love the fight and the BKGR. Whites look bright.

Thanks Artie. Whites are not blown - no blinkies in BB Pro.

[John Cooper]

Great interaction Jim well captured - the exposure looks fine on my monitor.

[arash_hazeghi]

this was the prize of the trip Jim! totally love it.

Whites look good to me as well

This IS the location for anyone who is interested in photographing bald eagles in habitat with no baiting etc.

[Raymond Lee]

Top notch action capture Jim!

[Andrew Merwin]

Great image with wonderful action. Excellent exposure & sharpness. The salmon & the flying bits of salmon (?) are perfect.

[Marina Scarr]

Great action and I esp love the BG. Wondering if you have tried a vertical as an alternative. If the crop can hold up, it adds quite a bit of emphasis on the action and eliminates some of the dead space to the left. Just a thought.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the action, sharpness, exposure and BG. Excellent image Jim!

[gareth thomson]

Hey Jim - wonderful capture. The orientation of the birds in the frame made me giddy and gave me a sense of height. Really felt for a moment that I was right up there with the eagles. The light, action, and framing are great though Marina's suggestion about a vertical crop might be worth an experiment...

[Doug Brown]

Awesome action Jim!

[dankearl]

Awesome and I agree about a closer crop but I am sure you would have if you could have.

[Shawn Zierman]

Totally awesome!!

[Jim Neiger]

Awesome and I agree about a closer crop but I am sure you would have if you could have.

Not true. Here you go.

[Don Nelson]

Superb. Great background and excellent action. Haines always rocks.

[Petros Petrou]

Excellent action image. Great detail, exposure, pose and BG. I love it!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jim, a great shot...full of drama. composition is terrific. The clean view of the screaming eagle combined with excellent HA of the other....thats just great.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Too beautiful, action at it's best, love it......well done.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Sweeeeeet! Now RP is a Romanesque crop.....so works for me!!!

[Ivan Ellison]

A stunning image, great action, love the blue BG and the detail in the repost shows the quality of your kit and the techniques. It is on my list of places to visit.

[Satish Ranadive]

Action packed,fabulous image of interaction of eagles.
Love the poses,grip on fish,open beak,wing positions and beautiful lights.
I like the tight crop too.

Regards,
Satish.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Oh yeah that is wayy cool. A great view of both faces and eyes too... awesome