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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n This is an older photo of an adult Bald Eagle flying over the ice at Farmington Bay WMA. I’m always there in the morning and with the mountains to the east I’m either dealing with back light or side light when I have the mountains in the background so exposure is usually tricky at best – especially with a very dark brown and white bird.<\/p>\n I think this one turned out pretty well. I like the arc of the wings, the subtle light and detail in the darker plumage and the head turned my way, even though that head turn made the whites on the left side of the face pretty bright (I toned them down a little).<\/p>\n But for me the dark mountains in the background made all the difference. Without them I think the photo would have been pretty run-of-the-mill.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PS – For months blog followers have put up with me bellyaching about our current severe drought and disappearing Great Salt Lake so I thought I’d share a bit of good news in that regard. For the last three days we’ve been getting significant rain and even wet snow so springtime is really beginning to pop around here. Trees are leafing out and I’m even seeing green grass again. As I type this in the dark robins are singing outside my window.<\/em><\/p>\n I’m so encouraged I even bought a rain gauge for my vegetable garden yesterday afternoon so I hope I didn’t jinx the fortunate turn in our weather. The stormy weather keeps me from photographing birds but humans and birds alike desperately need the moisture.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love getting our shaded Wasatch Mountains in the background when I’m photographing Bald Eagles in flight.<\/p>\n