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<\/p>\nI’ve posted three other photos of this bird in the past but I think this one also deserves to be seen. After all, I don’t get many opportunities with Golden Eagles, especially in flight, in good light and reasonably close.<\/p>\n
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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Just over three weeks ago I found this Golden Eagle (an adult female I believe) perched atop a ridgeline at a good distance for flight shots if she chose to take off in almost any direction that was generally toward me. She did, but for some reason I was a little slow on the trigger when she launched so I missed getting the takeoff shots.<\/p>\n But I got quite a few photos as she flew to my left and just above the ridgeline. I like this one because her namesake golden nape is prominent, her tail is fully flared and there’s grass and even part of a rock at the bottom of the frame as indicators of her elevation above the ridge. In most of my shots of her I had nothing but the bird and homogenous blue sky in the frame.<\/p>\n I’m looking forward to, hopefully, having another opportunity with her (she does seem to be hanging around) but it’s a long drive to get there and our weather is being far from cooperative, with recent snow and more rain and snow in the forecast.<\/p>\n I just have to play it hour by hour and day by day. I’d love to get photos of her in the snow but I’m not willing to drive that far in the predawn darkness while it’s actively snowing. Because… Utah drivers.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve posted three other photos of this bird in the past but I think this one also deserves to be seen. After all, I don’t get many opportunities with Golden Eagles, especially in flight, in good light and reasonably close.<\/p>\n