{"id":36448,"date":"2016-01-08T05:56:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T12:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=36448"},"modified":"2016-01-08T06:08:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T13:08:12","slug":"a-series-of-5-images-of-a-bald-eagle-on-landing-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/08\/a-series-of-5-images-of-a-bald-eagle-on-landing-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"A Series Of 5 Images Of A Bald Eagle On Landing Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0enjoy seeing the flight adjustments made by a large raptor as it comes in to land.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 40D,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS\u00a0USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I photographed this adult Bald Eagle in February of 2009\u00a0as it approached a landing spot at Farmington Bay MBR (I believe there may be a spot of blood behind the left eye). By the time I locked focus on\u00a0the bird it\u00a0had dropped down over the phragmites\u00a0behind the pond and was gliding toward\u00a0an area on the shore that had other eagles nearby.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 40D,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS\u00a0USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first sign of it attempting to reduce its air speed was when it lowered its fanned tail slightly. This\u00a0angle allows us to see ripple reflections from the water’s surface on that spread tail which I enjoy in this case, though I often do not.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 40D,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS\u00a0USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

At that point the bird apparently adjusted either its air speed or its chosen landing spot (or both)\u00a0among the other eagles because it raised and flapped\u00a0those huge\u00a0wings at least once.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 40D,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS\u00a0USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two frames later\u00a0it put on the brakes by lowering its “flaps”.<\/p>\n

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\"bald<\/p>\n

1\/1600, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 40D,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS\u00a0USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was the last shot I was able to get without cutting off body parts or putting the bird too close to the edge of the frame (I’ve posted this image before as a stand-alone but never in a series)<\/p>\n

Notice the “ancient” camera I used for these shots. At only 6 frames\/sec I’m sure I missed a bunch of interesting shots as this eagle came in\u00a0and the resolution of only 10 megapixels surely cost me some detail but I was close enough to manage some shots that I like very much.<\/p>\n

Our truly crappy weather (low thick clouds, fog,\u00a0rain, snow – even an ice storm) has prevented me from going shooting for a full week now so until things improve I may be posting more\u00a0photos from my archives like\u00a0this series of eagle images.<\/p>\n

I think I’m going a little nuts with cabin fever…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Note: I don’t believe this bird was baited but at Farmington, even back in 2009, you just never know for sure. <\/em><\/p>\n

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I enjoy seeing the flight adjustments made by a large raptor as it comes in to land.<\/p>\n

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