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Young eagle flairing to land

young eagle landing on this rocky beach

young eagle landing on this rocky beach
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NIKON D300S

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 200 Shutter 1/500

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Jan, 2015

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Awards

Top Shot Award 22

Summer 2020

Contest Finalist in Covers Photo Contest Vol 24

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Superb Composition

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Peer Award

+60

Top Choice

+51

Absolute Masterpiece

+51

Superior Skill

+20

Magnificent Capture

+17

Outstanding Creativity

+10

All Star

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Great shot!

Premium

Great view. Nice capture.

PRO

Fabulous photo, congratulations on your feature

Amazing capture. Congratulations on your Feature!

PRO+

wow, great shot, congras

PRO+

What a fantastic shot!

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Magnificent! Congrats on your feature! You deserve it!

Ultimate

Great shot

Ultimate

Fantastic capture!

Platinum

Just Awesome!! Congratulations!

Beautiful wingspread, wonderful capture. Congrats on the feature.

Stunning. Congratulations on being featured.

Nice work

Platinum

Great capture. Nice work. - Jake

stunning shot.....Fabulous Photo

Great photo!!

wonderful shot of the winged one...

Congratulations on both your Awards!

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in a small coastal town in south central Alaksa

Time

This photo was taken about 10 in the morning

Lighting

This shot was taken in natural lighting on a partly sunny day

Equipment

I shot this photo free hand with a Nikon D300S camera with my Sigma 150-300 mm telephoto lens. I believe I was at focal length 150.

Inspiration

I have always taken great pleasure watching and taking photo's of Eagles, so whenever I get a chance I get my camera out. On this day there were several young eagles on this beach so I just waited for an opportunity to get an action shot of this eagle in flight. I was very fortunate to be fairly close to this eagle coming in for a landing on this rocky beach.

Editing

I try to keep my photo's as natural as possible, since I shoot in RAW I always do the minimal post processing as possible. I mainly use LightRoom for my post processing. I usually just boost the color a touch by adjusting the vibrance with a little saturation. If I need to I will sharpen a bit also.

In my camera bag

I usually carry my 50mm f2.8 Nikon, my Nikon 70-300mm Lens, cable release along with my light tripod. I have 3 ND filters, circular polarizer, spare batteries and SD cards.

Feedback

If anyone has the opportunity to photo Eagles, take your time observing their characteristics and behaviors so you can be ready to get that nice action shot. Always be sure your camera speed is set high so you can get the photo crisp and in focus. Enjoy the experience and take a lot of shots so it increases your odds of getting that one great shot.

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Young eagle flairing to land

young eagle landing on this rocky beach

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