I think that is a lot more than "mildly acceptable." Great catch and nice detail. The look in his eye and the slight up-turn of the right wing are quite interesting. I like the other two eagle images as well, but this is clearly the best of the set, IMO.
Dan On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > I spent a long weekend up on Lake Vermilion here in Minnesota. Lots of > wildlife and water. > > I managed to see quite a few loons and bald eagles - including watching one > eagle swoop down and snatch a fish out of the water just 30 feet from me. > Very cool. I must say that taking photos from a boat bobbing in the water, > with the 80-200 in full-zoom is quite tricky. > > Got a few good shots, though. Here's a mildly-acceptable one, taken right > after he lept off of a branch to fly off: > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/vermilion/content/IMGP3237_large.html > > Yeah, it's cropped a bit and sharpened a bit and was taken with a $40 lens. > Someday I'll get the 50-300 and will be happy. > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
