PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt
Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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That is a very good image. I like the position of the bird and the detail in the wing-tip feathers (I forgot the technical term for them). Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Pinions? It is a nice shot. Birds are hard enough without aiming for one in particular. On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: That is a very good image. I like the position of the bird and the detail in the wing-tip feathers (I forgot the technical term for them). Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thanks, Dan! I believe the term is flight feathers..no kidding. grin Jack --- On Fri, 12/31/10, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 8:18 AM That is a very good image. I like the position of the bird and the detail in the wing-tip feathers (I forgot the technical term for them). Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Lovely bird. If you can catch him at the right time of day for the sun to hit him from behind you with the clouds still there it'll really be dramatic. :) On 12/31/10 10:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thanks, Liz! I first say him perched in a tree behind a few small branches. I tried a few shots through the passenger window, then got out and placed a bean bag on the hood for a couple. He was probably 100 yds away and there was a trail leading in his direction, but as I stepped around the rig he immediately flew. As he took off, he did a wing over showing me his back with both wings straight out. The sun lit him up and he was at his closest point from me. I DIDN'T GET ON HIM SOON ENOUGH..eeehhh!!! He then landed in another tree about 150 yds away, hesitated for a moment and took off, offering me this view..among many others. I kept shooting 'til he was a tiny black dot. Jack --- On Fri, 12/31/10, Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net wrote: From: Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 8:36 AM Lovely bird. If you can catch him at the right time of day for the sun to hit him from behind you with the clouds still there it'll really be dramatic. :) On 12/31/10 10:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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From: Jack Davis Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 I guess that should do until you find one that you do consider dramatic. Anyway, I like it. Wish I'd shot it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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A worthy attempt and an interesting shot. You need some big glass! Paul On Dec 31, 2010, at 12:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Jack Davis Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 I guess that should do until you find one that you do consider dramatic. Anyway, I like it. Wish I'd shot it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Appreciated, John! It's just too small a file to do much of anything with. Jack --- On Fri, 12/31/10, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: RE: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 9:43 AM From: Jack Davis Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 I guess that should do until you find one that you do consider dramatic. Anyway, I like it. Wish I'd shot it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Jack, They are tough to catch. Maybe next time? Your picture is sure better than any I have of bald eagles! Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, Liz! I first say him perched in a tree behind a few small branches. I tried a few shots through the passenger window, then got out and placed a bean bag on the hood for a couple. He was probably 100 yds away and there was a trail leading in his direction, but as I stepped around the rig he immediately flew. As he took off, he did a wing over showing me his back with both wings straight out. The sun lit him up and he was at his closest point from me. I DIDN'T GET ON HIM SOON ENOUGH..eeehhh!!! He then landed in another tree about 150 yds away, hesitated for a moment and took off, offering me this view..among many others. I kept shooting 'til he was a tiny black dot. Jack --- On Fri, 12/31/10, Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net wrote: From: Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 8:36 AM Lovely bird. If you can catch him at the right time of day for the sun to hit him from behind you with the clouds still there it'll really be dramatic. :) On 12/31/10 10:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thanks for remarks, Bob! Jack --- On Fri, 12/31/10, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 11:02 AM Jack, They are tough to catch. Maybe next time? Your picture is sure better than any I have of bald eagles! Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, Liz! I first say him perched in a tree behind a few small branches. I tried a few shots through the passenger window, then got out and placed a bean bag on the hood for a couple. He was probably 100 yds away and there was a trail leading in his direction, but as I stepped around the rig he immediately flew. As he took off, he did a wing over showing me his back with both wings straight out. The sun lit him up and he was at his closest point from me. I DIDN'T GET ON HIM SOON ENOUGH..eeehhh!!! He then landed in another tree about 150 yds away, hesitated for a moment and took off, offering me this view..among many others. I kept shooting 'til he was a tiny black dot. Jack --- On Fri, 12/31/10, Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net wrote: From: Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 8:36 AM Lovely bird. If you can catch him at the right time of day for the sun to hit him from behind you with the clouds still there it'll really be dramatic. :) On 12/31/10 10:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 12/31/2010 11:13 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 Well it's better than my attempts last month! Actually a nice flight shot. Now you need a FA600/4 to get just a *bit* closer ;-) -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thanks, Christian! I'm forwarding this to my wife. ;) Jack --- On Fri, 12/31/10, Christian pterali...@aim.com wrote: From: Christian pterali...@aim.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 1:28 PM On 12/31/2010 11:13 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 Well it's better than my attempts last month! Actually a nice flight shot. Now you need a FA600/4 to get just a *bit* closer ;-) -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 Brilliant shot!! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Like the wing position Dave On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Thanks, Frank! Jack --- On Fri, 12/31/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 4:04 PM On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 Brilliant shot!! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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That was the reason I chose this shot. Was a bit of luck in continuous drive. The K-5 should increase my chances for such 'good luck.' Jack --- On Fri, 12/31/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle -attempt To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 5:11 PM Like the wing position Dave On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Been fantasizing about a dramatic Bald Eagle catch since moving near a location with many habitat choices. This isn't it, but has encouraged me. Small heavily cropped file that gave me at least a dramatic wing position and, I feel, complimentary clouds. Shot 40 frames from the time I spotted it perched in a tree 'til it became a tiny black dot. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=557 K20, DA 55~300 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
