Bald Eagle with Fish


Posted by Axel Hildebrandt on Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:56 am

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Bald Eagle hiding the fish from prying eyes of other eagles, photographed at Conowingo in Maryland.
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by Gene Gwin on Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:00 am
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Axel, That's a special photo.
 

by WOlf38 on Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:02 am
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Great pose, beautiful BG and the hidden fish make it!
Very well done, Axel!!
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by Debapratim Saha on Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:27 am
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Excellent BIF shot with nice wing position,bg and the catch.
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by Leighayres on Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:29 am
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Wow, awesome...love everything about it - colours, comp, BG, fish...
Nicely captured, Axel!
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by Gaurav Mittal on Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:12 pm
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A lovely image all around. Excellent wing position and flight pose, nice job of maintaining details in the whites. A
nice complementing background.
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by Jim_B on Thu Feb 11, 2016 4:25 pm
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Classic eagle image taken a couple notches up with the fish and nice background.
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by Graeme Guy on Thu Feb 11, 2016 5:09 pm
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Excellent Axel. I like the hidden fish


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by andre paul on Thu Feb 11, 2016 5:51 pm
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by James Vellozzi on Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:03 pm
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Well done here.. the semi side light really gives the image depth.. and power.
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by WILDSUDIPTA on Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:03 pm
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Beautiful shot .....Great frame , action , BG
 

by Joshua Clark on Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:20 pm
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Fantastic shot Axel! One of these days I am going to have to make a trip out there for them.
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by Robert Sabin on Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:27 pm
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Debapratim Saha wrote:Excellent BIF shot with nice wing position,bg and the catch.
 

by mikullashbee on Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:55 pm
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Well done Axel,love that Bg.
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by Connor Stefanison on Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:52 am
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Very nice Axel! Your shots are always so crisp.
 

by ahazeghi on Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:40 am
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very nice wing positions and light, I also like the fish
 

by Matt Filosa on Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:20 am
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Fantastic photo, Axel. Great extended neck. Fish takes it over the top.

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by Karl Egressy on Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:11 pm
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Nice up wing pose and nice complimenting background, Axel.
 

by Nate Chappell on Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:43 am
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Beautiful shot Axel, nice details
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by Missy Mandel on Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:55 pm
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Axel, this is wonderful! Love that he is hiding that fish!
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