{"id":40431,"date":"2016-06-28T05:39:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T11:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=40431"},"modified":"2016-06-28T06:28:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T12:28:18","slug":"golden-eagle-in-flight-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/28\/golden-eagle-in-flight-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Eagle In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of my posts feature my photographic successes but some of them are about my challenges. This is one of the latter.<\/p>\n

I’ve struggled more getting images I like of Golden Eagles than I have with\u00a0any other species. For me they’ve been extremely elusive and on those rare occasions when I do find one in my crosshairs something always seems to go wrong.<\/p>\n

Note: I’ve posted two images of this bird in the past but these two are new to my blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"golden<\/p>\n

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

My most recent chance with the species\u00a0came\u00a0early this month\u00a0in Montana’s Centennial Valley when this one took off from a tree in front of me in morning light. I was able to get a nice head turn with\u00a0eye contact and I like the good look at that golden nape.<\/p>\n

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\"golden<\/p>\n

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

The next image in the burst shows off that huge 6.5′\u00a0wingspan. Even with the wings held close to a horizontal position I have acceptable detail underneath the bird and there’s light in the eye and on those yellow feet.<\/p>\n

The downside is that both\u00a0images could be a tad sharper and I’d prefer to have a background other than homogenous blue sky so I still have my work cut out for me with Golden Eagles.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0I am<\/em>\u00a0making progress.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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I’ve struggled more getting images I like of Golden Eagles than I have with any other species.<\/p>\n

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