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1\/3200, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 40D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Here’s what I like:<\/p>\n Here’s what I don’t:<\/p>\n But given what I had to work with I cropped the image as best I knew how.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the uncropped photo. Now we’re up to five photobombing birds in the frame, four other eagles (one with a band on its leg) and a gull.<\/p>\n If I hadn’t clipped the eagles on the left it might have been a pretty good shot to show the pandemonium that results when multiple large birds are drawn to a small area because of an abundance of food. But I can’t help dwelling on what could have been if there was only the subject eagle and the fish in the frame. I don’t really “hate” the photo, in fact I rather like looking at it. But it does frustrate me to no end.<\/p>\n Listen to me, complaining about too many eagles. I wish I had that problem these days.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Note: I want to demonstrate to my readers that despite the miserable weather pattern we’ve been in for many weeks I really am trying to get new quality bird photos.<\/em><\/p>\n Yesterday morning our forecast was iffy but I decided to take a chance and try my luck by heading north in the dark anyway. My intention was to go to either Antelope Island or Bear River MBR. I’d make my final decision on the freeway as it was getting light by evaluating the clouds to the west (the island) or to the north (Bear River) as I was driving.<\/em><\/p>\n Just before sunrise it was much clearer up north so to Bear River I went.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the entire two hours I was at Bear River it was socked in by clouds and fog. Often the fog was even worse than this. Yes, I got a few shots of Great Blue Herons on the ice but I didn’t like them very well because of the dense fog and poor light. I may look at them more carefully in the future – after all photos taken in the fog can potentially be quite interesting. But my first impression of them wasn’t a particularly good one.<\/em><\/p>\n For those who may be curious that red and green thing on my dusty dash is my annual pass to State Parks and the causeway to Antelope Island which is where I should have gone. You guessed it, when I looked to the west as I was driving home on the freeway with my tail between my legs the island was clear and sunny.<\/em><\/p>\n\n
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