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Liftoff 1P

Bald Eagle lifting off to a branch above the nest to referee the impending food fight between the two eaglets.
Shot at an effective focal length of 825mm ...
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Bald Eagle lifting off to a branch above the nest to referee the impending food fight between the two eaglets.
Shot at an effective focal length of 825mm using a Nikon 200-400mm lens with a 1.7x extender.
This was captured after spending 6 consecutive weekends in the hot Florida sun trying to capture some usable images of a pair of eagles raising two eaglets. Finding the nest was a thrilling discovery since prior to this time I had never even seen a bald eagle in the wild.
Overall I spent most of my free time over a 3 month period observing and documenting the growth of the 2 young eaglets and their parents. I learned a lot about eagle behavior and action photography over that time and as the saying goes… I wish I knew then what I know now. Many opportunities for epic shots were missed for various reasons ranging from operator error and lack of knowledge all the way to inferior equipment.
All said and done I’m just happy to have been able to witness this spectacle of nature unfold before me and to get a few decent shots to share and to remember it by.
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