{"id":15731,"date":"2013-05-30T05:10:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T11:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=15731"},"modified":"2013-05-30T05:12:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T11:12:55","slug":"golden-eagle-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/golden-eagle-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Eagle In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Golden Eagle has long been a nemesis species for me.\u00a0 Over the years I’ve had a handful of potentially spectacular opportunities with these birds but something has always gone wrong (two ravens fighting with a Golden Eagle on the ground, close to me and in good light continues to haunt me but I was pulling my camping trailer and there was\u00a0 traffic behind me so I couldn’t stop).\u00a0 I still don’t have the shots of the species I’d like but I’m getting closer.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/1600, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This past winter I encountered this eagle in remote Box Elder County in NW Utah.\u00a0 When this bird took off it partially circled me before it vamoosed and gave me a nice head turn in good light as it did so\u00a0but it was just a little too far away so I had to crop more than I like.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/1600, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0As you can see it was working at gaining altitude as it circled.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/1250, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The eagle banked as it turned to fly off which filled more of the frame so I didn’t have to crop so much.\u00a0 Based on the ventral whites I believe this to be a first year bird but I’m inexperienced at aging\u00a0Golden Eagles\u00a0and it may be an older sub-adult.<\/p>\n

I generally prefer backgrounds that aren’t plain blue sky and two out of three of these images are significant crops but hey, it’s a Golden Eagle\u00a0<\/em>in the wild\u00a0so I was still\u00a0pleased to get the shots.<\/p>\n

But I’ll continue to look for better opportunities with them, whether I’m pulling the trailer or not…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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The Golden Eagle has long been a nemesis species for me. Over the years I’ve had a handful of potentially spectacular opportunities with these birds but something has always gone wrong.<\/p>\n

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