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<\/p>\nI finally have some Golden Eagle flight shots that I’m pleased with.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I found the bird perched in a tree\u00a0four days ago as I drove the South Road\u00a0in Montana’s Centennial Valley. The\u00a0eagle took off almost immediately after I stopped my pickup though I suspect it would have stayed in the tree if I’d have\u00a0continued to drive on by. When vehicles stop or change speeds significantly it tends to make perched raptors nervous. For some reason\u00a0several of my shots\u00a0of this bird\u00a0were a little soft but I thought these two turned out\u00a0nicely.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I would have preferred to get something in the background more interesting than plain blue sky but I won’t complain too much about that and I was pleased that in the two images I like best I caught the eagle in both the “wings up” and “wings down” position instead of gliding poses.<\/p>\n One of several reasons that Golden Eagles in flight have been a nemesis for me for so long is that I usually find them with the sun relatively high in the sky so the ventral surfaces have nearly always been in deep shade. But these images were taken at 7:28 AM so I have better light under the bird.<\/p>\n The actual takeoff shot from an attractive conifer was soft and I’m disappointed in that but these two images took away some of that pain.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I finally have some Golden Eagle flight shots that I’m pleased with.<\/p>\n![\"golden](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/golden-eagle-7862-ron-dudley.jpg\")
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