This was an eagle that had dropped its prey in the neighbor’s yard. It was on the roof for the longest time, I ran inside and grabbed my camera. It sat and looked at me, flew down to the yard, retrieved its dropped rodent, and flew off. That is a fence behind it and the ground looks like water but is a road and sidewalks asphalt/concrete. I walked inside and couldn’t believe it happened so close to me.
ETA: THANK YOU for all the kind comments and a new personal achievement of 8+ and PB. This is a new area of photography for me (birds and birds in flight) — it is teaching me more than photography — patience.
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this is such an incredible shot Erin ..
i keep coming back to it ..
just as a matter of interest do you use some form of tracking on your focus settings .. so you can lock onto a moving subject ... :)
Hi Roz~my model of camera has that capability; however, I just learned that it did about 2 weeks ago (after this was taken) and have been playing around with it. Hoping to watch some Steve Perry videos next week and learn the settings for wildlife that I should be using but have never needed but will greatly improve my ‘keep’ rate.
this is such an incredible shot Erin ..
i keep coming back to it ..
just as a matter of interest do you use some form of tracking on your focus settings .. so you can lock onto a moving subject ... :)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a photo where there has been more tens than any other score given, it shows this should’ve scored way above eight!
In my humble opinion, there should’ve not been a score under seven, but like I said that’s just my humble opinion.
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS!
You and Wendy have a really inspired me to take up bird photography in a big way this year, it’s always been a goal of mine. I just love those creatures.
you should get a score above 8 for this exceptional photo ..
it not only satisfies the challenge completely.. but it's an amazing action shot ..
congratulations on the blue .. !! .. :)
Very nice. Caught a great compositions of the wings which shows off the leading feathers. Crisp and sharp, Might need another 5 or 10% space of the right side to fly into.
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