Bald Eagle
Feb, 2016Views
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Location
This photo was taken in Wabsha, MN, at the National Eagle Center. They take care of hurt eagles, and try to rehab the back into their natural habitat, as well as they have classes the can teach us, the “regular” person about them. Like the female eagles are the larger of the pair, most eagles weighs about 5 pounds, I know they look bigger than 5 pounds, after all they’re mostly feathers. A speck of lead from a gun can kill an eagle in about a week from lead poisoning, that mostly due to they digest almost everything they eat.Time
This was taken about lunchtime, and it was a brisk cool day along the Mississippi River.Lighting
The lightning is mostly natural, with some touches in Lightroom, I myself do my best to keep my photos as if someone was standing there with me. I want the viewers see what I see.Equipment
This camera was mt Nikon D7200, and I mostly shoot with Tamron lenses, this one was my 18-300 mm.Inspiration
I’ve always liked seeing eagles soar in our skies. Where I live, in Oklahoma I don’t see to many eagles, and I am in awe of them when I do see one fly overhead. This eagle was inside the National Eagle Center. and couldn’t be released back into the wild due to the injuries is has suffered.Editing
Yes, very little in Lightroom. I try to keep all of my photo as natural as possible, and that’s mostly due to my own belief that I want to shoot as if you were standing there instead of me just looking at the eagle.In my camera bag
Mostly, I lust carry my camera, lens, and extra battery, my camera has 2 card slots, so I don’t have a extra card with me. The cards in the camera are both 64mb cards.Feedback
I learned in taking photos of eagles, when you go out to shoot the you must remember they will see you before you see them. Approach the as if you don’t know that they’re around, otherwise they might think you’re out to harm them. While I was at the eagle center in the class learning about them, one eye can see you while the other eye is looking up to 4 miles away for it’s prey. Keep that in mind when photographing them, also one of the best shots is after they poop, (I know that’s bad but, ) they launch into flight once again. Good luck in your photographing eagles.
