Bald Eagle 2 (Straight Down the Barrel)

[Herb Houghton]

Here's a bald eagle flight shot, straight down the barrel. This was a frame or so right before he actually fished. 1D mark IV, 500 f4, 1.4xIII teleconverter, iso 1600, f5.6, 1/1250 shot manually from a vehicle blind with a kirk window mount/ballhead with wimberley sidekick. upper Delaware River area

Herb

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[Joe Senzatimore]

Eye contact says it all. Wonderful.

[Robert Holguin]

Wow breath taking photo. Excellent flight pose and very well exposed. Great composition as well. Well done.

[Charles Scheffold]

Awesome shot Herb! Excellent detail and killer head-on angle!

Charles

[Brendan Dozier]

I agree, awesome!

[Paul Lagasi]

I agree with everyone..awesome, well captured...I would take this image in a heartbeat..only thing I'd have wished for was that the tail was even on both sides, easy to fix if you are into photoshoping your image (that's just my opinion)...A very striking image Herb

[Duane Noblick]

I like the dark tones of this image along with the intense look on the Eagle.

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Herb, nicely captured flight imgae. Good detail and eye contact, I like the pano crop which emphasises the flight pose.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

+1 to all the nice comments above, Herb. Fantastic image. Love that killer head-on eye contact and the crop. Superbly done.

[Herb Houghton]

Thanks for all of the kind comments everyone, they're appreciated very much.