Avian, Captive and Hand of Man IOTW 09/04/2008 Krijn Trimbos
Congratulations Krijn Trimbos
Golden Eagle Display
During 1 day I was fortunate enough to work with this beautiful golden eagle individual. As I was trying out some shots from a wider angle with a predator/prey perspective (using a dead rabbit which was picked up at a local butcher). This eagle did something completely unexpected, it started to defend its prey screaming out loud, which resulted in this shot! I have several shots with a headturn towards the camera but this seemed more intersting with him looking/screaming into the distance focussing some attention at the environment as well. Taken under controlled conditions.
C & C welcome
Canon EOS 30D 1/160 f8 Manual
ISO 400
Canon 18-35 EFS f3.5-5.6
Focal Length18mm
Handheld
p.s. we let it eat its meal after a moment or two
Hey Krijn, congratulations on another IOTW! I must admit this is one of the weirdest bird photographs I know (and I mean that in a postive sense). The combination of the birds behaviour and the threatening sky really adds to the eerie feeling of the whole:eek:. Well done!