NY Eagles

[billy320]

Finally the eagles are coming south, These were taken in Cortlandt and Verplank NY in Westchester county.


Meahagh 2 by Billy320, on Flickr


Meahagh3 by Billy320, on Flickr

IMG_0673_edited-1 by Billy320, on Flickr

IMG_0668_edited-1 by Billy320, on Flickr

IMG_0669_edited-1 by Billy320, on Flickr

[ksbryan0]

Nice bunch of youngsters, Billy. Is that a coot carcass on the ice in the first image?

[billy320]

Nice bunch of youngsters, Billy. Is that a coot carcass on the ice in the first image?

Could be there are lot of gulls around there too

[Photo-John]

These look good, Billy. What kind of eagles are they?

Birds sure are hard to shoot. Even that more or less stationary cooper's hawk in my backyard required a 600mm. How far away were you from the eagles on the ice? Did you crop a lot to get the images so tight?

[billy320]

They are Bald Eagles, Juveniles and young adults, They were at I'd say 50 - 100 feet away on the ice. I was using EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4X, 800mm and 100-400 for the in flight. and all were cropped.

Verplank Eagle tagged by Billy320, on Flickr

[Photo-John]

Juvenile - that explains why they didn't look familiar.

How are you liking the 200-400mm? Have you used it enough to write a review for us, yet? I'd love to have a user review for that lens

[mattb]

Nice, we have a lot of these guys around here. There's a fish hatchery between here and Crested Butte and they all congregate there, juveniles and adults. Such beautiful birds! One morning I counted 17 balds but more often there is 1-3 at a time.

Nice job on the photos. Are they cropped a lot? These are nice images but a little more pixelated than I'd expect with your setup unless you are cropping away 2/3 of the image (and I understand that sometimes needs to be done).

[billy320]

Nice, we have a lot of these guys around here. There's a fish hatchery between here and Crested Butte and they all congregate there, juveniles and adults. Such beautiful birds! One morning I counted 17 balds but more often there is 1-3 at a time.

Nice job on the photos. Are they cropped a lot? These are nice images but a little more pixelated than I'd expect with your setup unless you are cropping away 2/3 of the image (and I understand that sometimes needs to be done).

Yes they are heavily cropped. I try to get to the point were you don't see the pixilation to much

[billy320]

Juvenile - that explains why they didn't look familiar.

How are you liking the 200-400mm? Have you used it enough to write a review for us, yet? I'd love to have a user review for that lens

I had the lens once before and sold it because I did not like the slide focus, but I am getting used to it. I not that experienced to give a good review

[billy320]

First Eagle of 2014

eagles by Billy320, on Flickr