A week ago, I was in 80 degree weather. Today, 40 degrees, 8 knot winds and drizzle. The only difference, about 1,000 miles. I'll get back to South Carolina.
Today, I had an invitation to see an Eagle's nest in Clarkston, Independence Oaks County Park. Can't pass that up.
Did I mention the weather was pretty crappy? All of the sky shots will end up being deleted. Anything eye level or lower, or with a dense tree in the background turned out OK. And in reality, I'll be back there when the sky is much better - someday.
But we did have a few moments of excitement when one of the parent Eagles hit the water for an un-suspecting catfish and departed for the nest in what seemed to be one move. I missed the business end of the bird and fish, but did get the water takeoff. There is a fair amount of distance involved, so the cropping is fairly aggressive. Won't win any prizes, but looks good on the monitor.
A bird and a fish.
All photos were taken with the D6/200-500 f/5.6 combo, 1/1,000 sec, f/5.6 and ISO between 2500 and 3600.
Those came out pretty good!
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