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A difficult day for shooting with a long lens.  It was overcast, cloudy, and misting.  But I had heard there were eagles at the lock and dam so Jeanne and I set out to see if we could see them.

I shot this sequence of an eagle fishing with the Nikon D700 at ISO 2000  1/800 sec @ f8.0 with the Sigma 150 – 500 mm lens.  Considering the distance I was away from the eagle and the shooting conditions I’m not too displeased with these images.

We walked up to the observation deck at the Lock and Dam.  Lots of obstacles in my field of view  but it was the only place I could find to shoot from where I could get images of the eagles fishing.

There were probably 20 – 25 eagles on the ice and always two or three flying over the open water.  This guy was the only one that was half way in focus.  It is the first time I have captured an eagle catching a fish so I’m excited about that.

In the process of shooting the eagles today we discovered a new place.  More on that in another post.  We could get right down to the water’s edge at the new location and hopefully do so in a way that won’t spook the eagles.

By the time we found this new place it was misting pretty hard and it was getting dark enough that I couldn’t get the lens to focus.

So even though these are not tack sharp and still have some noise I am reasonably happy with the results.  It’s a learning process and I have a long way to go.

Enjoy your Monday.  Thank you for stopping by.  Be careful.