Bald Eagle

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I went to Conowingo for the first time and I have never seen this many eagles before. They were not overly active but I got a few images. I liked the upside-down pose and eye contact in this one.



1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1600s, f/8, EC +0.33, ISO 400

[Harshad Barve]

amazing pose Axel , lovely upside down pose and killer eye contact , techs spot on as usual
TFS

[Randy Stout]

Well Axel, that is one way to get good underwing exposure and detail! Amazing flyers.

Techs are good, excellent composition.

Cheers

Randy

[Adams Serra]

Hi Axel,
Beautiful image, and great pose.

[Narayan Pai]

great upside down flight shot ...first time for me

[Brian Barcelos]

Axel, love the placement in the frame and you did great on the exposure, plenty of detail on the under (upper) side.:D Wonderful head turn and very sharp. Was he just having fun playing in the air or was he chasing something? Congrats

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Agree with you....great pose/eye contact....beautiful wing position too!

[Kiran Poonacha]

This is a killer one Axel Bhai, what a pose indeed and the HA adds to this beautifully executed image, congrats..

[Stu Bowie]

Interesting flying posture -you captured him at the right moment, as Im sure he twisted himself to a normal banking angle. You did well with the detail from the underwings, and overall, nice and sharp. Well done.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Axel, love the placement in the frame and you did great on the exposure, plenty of detail on the under (upper) side.:D Wonderful head turn and very sharp. Was he just having fun playing in the air or was he chasing something? Congrats

Thanks, Brian! The eagle was about to dive.

[John Ippolito]

Love the aerobatic posture, and detail you captured, Axel!

[Ilija Dukovski]

That is crazy pose, I've never seen anything like this.
Great detail on the bird overall.

[denise ippolito]

Axel, Nicely done. Great eye contact and interesting pose.

[Raymond Barlow]

this is one killer shot Axel, congrats man... awsome.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Hey Axel, you forgot to rotate the image by 180 degrees :D
Wonderful turn and pose with awesome detail on blacks.

Szimi

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Hey Axel, you forgot to rotate the image by 180 degrees :D
Wonderful turn and pose with awesome detail on blacks.

Szimi

Right, how could I forget. But then, the sun would have been on the ground. :)

[Bill Dix]

Amazing. The first thing I did, before scrolling down to the rest of the discussion, was copy it and rotate it 180. Then I saw the light, as you say. Great capture!

[Betsie Storm]

So these guys glide upside down? Awesome. Great capture of the moment, I cannot imagine that they stay like that for long.. sharp, nice eye contact...now if our local (SA) eagle species would learn this trick!

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful dive shot Axel, hadn't seen a pose like this before, well done with the techs.

[James Salywoda]

Beautiful dive shot Axel I really like it so nicely captured.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Thank you for the kind comments, it's much appreciated!

[Malcolm Benn]

Fascinating image, great detail but I keep turning my head :) So I'm curious about your comment about the number of eagles ... how many are we talking about?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Fascinating image, great detail but I keep turning my head :) So I'm curious about your comment about the number of eagles ... how many are we talking about?

Thanks, Malcolm! The last report mentioned 60+ eagles and the numbers are still going up.

[Malcolm Benn]

Thanks Axel

[scott benson]

stunning shot.