{"id":107611,"date":"2022-02-16T05:15:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T12:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=107611"},"modified":"2022-02-16T06:55:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:55:00","slug":"adult-bald-eagle-against-a-mountain-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/16\/adult-bald-eagle-against-a-mountain-background\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Bald Eagle Against A Mountain Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I rarely post photos of raptors on utility poles but I think this one is more interesting than most, for three reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"107612\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/16\/adult-bald-eagle-against-a-mountain-background\/bald-eagle-1525-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1525-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1644134902&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bald eagle 1525 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1525-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107612\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1525-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1525-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1525-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1525-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1525-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Recently I told viewers that I seldom stop to photograph hawks on utility poles but I will stop for larger falcons or eagles. So ten days ago in Box Elder County I took quite a few photos of this adult Bald Eagle very soon after sunrise. The eagle was unusually tolerant of my presence and I loved the effects of the warm morning light.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the wire and insulators I presumed I wouldn&#8217;t be posting any of the photos to my blog but when I saw some of them on my big screen I changed my mind. I liked the photos for three reasons that were unusual for an eagle on a utility pole.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Birds on poles usually have sky in the background. Sky tends to be homogenous blue or bright and unflattering white and I&#8217;m not particularly fond of either one in my backgrounds. In most cases I just don&#8217;t think they contribute much to the photo. But this eagle was on an unusually short, old-style pole which allowed me to get a desert mountain in the background. For me this background is much more interesting than plain blue, white or some variation thereof.<\/li>\n<li>I like the complementary color palette of the entire photo, including the usually distracting and annoying insulators. I think these nearly antique insulators actually have character.<\/li>\n<li>I often photograph hawks with prey on poles. But in my experience eagles, of both species, seldom carry prey to the tops of poles and this eagle appeared to have prey at its feet, which for me adds interest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that added interest was my motivation to attempt to identify the presumed prey, which I couldn&#8217;t through my viewfinder from this position. So when I&#8217;d taken all the photos I wanted with the mountain in the background I kept my lens out my window as I drove down the road to leave the eagle behind. That put me closer to the bird at a different angle which I hoped would allow me to identify the prey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"107613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/16\/adult-bald-eagle-against-a-mountain-background\/bald-eagle-1591-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1591-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1644135380&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bald eagle 1591 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1591-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107613\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1591-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1591-ron-dudley.jpg 720w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1591-ron-dudley-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bald-eagle-1591-ron-dudley-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still not sure what it was but based partly on color my best guess is rabbit but it could be a light-colored small rodent. In some ways I think it looks like a rabbit&#8217;s foot and in some ways it doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, for me there&#8217;s no doubt that it made the first photo more interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I rarely post photos of raptors on utility poles but I think this one is more interesting than most, for three reasons. 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