Spanish Eagle
While at the Palmitos Park in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Maspalomas - Gran Canaria) the bird show with free flying birds were cancelled due to high winds. The ...
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While at the Palmitos Park in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Maspalomas - Gran Canaria) the bird show with free flying birds were cancelled due to high winds. The temperature was about 40 degrees Celcious and with high winds, blowing dust and small leaves through the trees.
We were not fond of the long walk up the mountain to the flight site just to be told things were cancelled. However, the fact that things got cancelled due to the wellbeing of the birds was something that I appreciated. It was way more important that the birds wasnt hurt (the flight would have been completely uncontrollable for the birds in the high winds) than some tourists seeking to be entertained.
The keepers however showed this beautiful eagle and were very patient with the photographer shooting several hundred rapid photos. I would have preferred to be standing on one leg on top of a sleeping lion on the african savanna...while finding this eagle in the viewfinder...but despite this, it was very fascinating to be able to get this close to such a bird.
The bird display I experienced at a previous stay was also something that can be recommended. The birds fly around in the valley and at times does not return for days. However when they return to the arm of the keeper it is inspiring to see due to the speed and elegance of these birds.
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We were not fond of the long walk up the mountain to the flight site just to be told things were cancelled. However, the fact that things got cancelled due to the wellbeing of the birds was something that I appreciated. It was way more important that the birds wasnt hurt (the flight would have been completely uncontrollable for the birds in the high winds) than some tourists seeking to be entertained.
The keepers however showed this beautiful eagle and were very patient with the photographer shooting several hundred rapid photos. I would have preferred to be standing on one leg on top of a sleeping lion on the african savanna...while finding this eagle in the viewfinder...but despite this, it was very fascinating to be able to get this close to such a bird.
The bird display I experienced at a previous stay was also something that can be recommended. The birds fly around in the valley and at times does not return for days. However when they return to the arm of the keeper it is inspiring to see due to the speed and elegance of these birds.
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Pjerry
May 04, 2023
Very well done.
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Pjerry
May 09, 2023
Congrats on your win (April Collection). A marvelous capture, great performance.
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AnotherDayisNOW
May 10, 2023
Thanks Ed, appreciate the praise. It is a very impressive bird and I had the luck to get enough time for the photo shoot!😊
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May 10, 2023
Thanks Ann, I got lucky that it stretched its neck/upper body at the right moment😊
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AnotherDayisNOW
May 11, 2023
Thanks Eileen! It is a very beautiful bird expressing the predator it is. 😊
Pjerry
July 10, 2023
Great capture.
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AnotherDayisNOW
October 26, 2023
Thanks Lonnie, it is a photo I am very happy about and not because of me photographing an eagle but simply due to the luck involved (Getting to photograph it up close) and that this specific eagle, in my eyes at least, is flaweless in its feathers and has this raw look. 😊
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AnotherDayisNOW
Apr 02
Thanks Timo! Very pleased you like the photo. I had the luck to get the opportunity of getting very close to the bird and take a lot of photos of it in different positions and postures. The rest is simply the natural beauty of the Eagle itself😊.
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