[LaRee]

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I LOVE this photo. What a great shot!
I enjoyed your first post so much. I can relate to everything you said and it is all true! Too funny and you nailed everything right on the head. I'd say you are a seasoned bird photographer by the sounds of it. I wish you many more heart thumping encounters with wildlife and your camera.

[benjikan]

Great story and great writing style. Loved it.

Thanks
Ben

[Michaelina2]

Here's an approach to nature photography you may find useful...

Sam Abell and the Dolphin Picture

Cheers...

[jmc7104]

The Eagle and the Ospre are beginning to become more plentyful around here also. By mid winter they will be setting 10-15 at a time in the big cottonwoods along the river, (Mississippi). I live just 6 blocks from the Miss. so in evening it is nothing unusual to see lots of them flying overhead Will be my first time shooting with K10 and BIG-MA. Shot last year with K100 and slow Phonex 100/400 4.5-6.7 Got some half decent shots. Hope to do better this year.
jim

[Eaglerapids]

Thank you LaRee:-)
Thanks Ben!
Great video Michael, thank you for the link.
jmc7104, I look forward to your Bigma photos.
Thanksgiving morning dawned with grey skys, I like going out early, the eagles were busy fishing and I got this guy enjoying his Thanksgiving breakfast (i guess it's a guy, I'm not sure how to tell the difference yet).

[reeftool]

There are at least 2 (known) pairs of nesting eagles near here and probably more as well as a lot of red tail hawks and some ospreys also. I spent much of this past summer trying to get a good shot and the closest are a couple of sillouettes from so far off its hard to tell what it is. On 2 occasions however, when I was doing routine errands and didn't have my camera, there they were just a few yards away. Thats the way my luck has been.

[christinelandon]

In my limited experience, it's almost always the eagles who decide whether or not to let you take their pictures. Nice work and a good story, Eaglerapids!