Motif: Banking with food

Posted by Scott Allen on Mon Nov 24, 2003 9:43 pm

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This is one of my favorite flying shots. Image was captured in Alaska last March.

Looking through my Eagle images tonight has got me fired up for my return trip in February. What a place!!!

Canon 1D / 100-400 IS / 1/640 @ F/8 iso 100

Thanks in advance for any and all comments.

Scotto

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Great light and shooting to you all!

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by LHays on Mon Nov 24, 2003 9:50 pm

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This is really a cool shot. The first thing that I thought of was a skateboarder in midair.....then I saw the fish. Great shot!!!

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by Bill Whala on Mon Nov 24, 2003 9:56 pm

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This has a somewhat unique composition and pose. Those two things are what makes this image special.

Excellent shot!!

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by AlexC on Mon Nov 24, 2003 10:13 pm

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Love the head turn!!, I am here holding tight my security blanked and chanting my good luck mantra, over and over again, Boy do I wish a date with those Eagles!!!, Wonderful bird and a great capture!!!

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by Linda on Mon Nov 24, 2003 10:24 pm

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This is a killer pose. I really like this and the fish is a bonus!

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:40 pm

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What a great photo Scotto. I like how you placed him in the frame.

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:47 pm

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Very nice composition.
Too bad Jean doesn't thaw those fish out. They do look a little stiff in a photo.

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:41 am

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Different composition, I like the posture.

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by Jim Urbach on Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:12 am

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Certainly a different pose. Great composition. Well done.

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by scottleslie on Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:46 am

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Awesome Eagle image, Scott! I really like the unusual position, especially the parallel vertical lines formed by the legs and the inner wings. The head turn is perfect and draws the eye right into the frame. Would make a great double spread cover for Audubon magazine in the old days when they had a wrap-around cover!

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by fredcor on Tue Nov 25, 2003 8:42 am

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Incredible capture.

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by Cliff Beittel on Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:22 am

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Nice. Ditto the skateboarding comment. Is Mittleman serious about the fish being frozen? It does have a surreal, toy-like look, but part of that is its small size compared with the eagle.

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:44 am

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Surfin the sky! Great photo!!!

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by walkinman on Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:54 am

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Hey Scott,

Very nice. One of the better images I've seen from last year's shoot at Homer. The frozen fish doesn't bother me too much. A fish this size really doesn't look too different either way. Now if it were a 7lb salmon ....

Really well-timed shot, and the placement in the frame makes it just about perfect. I love the wingtips.

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by Scott Allen on Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:39 am

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RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto wrote:Very nice composition.
Too bad Jean doesn't thaw those fish out. They do look a little stiff in a photo.

Agreed Richard. Best case would be to have live fish thrown, however, thats not the gig in Homer, as I'm sure you're aware.

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by Scott Allen on Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:45 am

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walkinman wrote:Hey Scott,

Very nice. One of the better images I've seen from last year's shoot at Homer. The frozen fish doesn't bother me too much. A fish this size really doesn't look too different either way. Now if it were a 7lb salmon ....

Really well-timed shot, and the placement in the frame makes it just about perfect. I love the wingtips.

Cheers

Carl

Thanks Carl! I'm looking forward to shooting Homer again in late Feb.

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by Mike Wilson on Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:47 pm

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Excellent composition, I especially like the feeling of implied motion by the head turn and tilted body position. It makes me anticipate it flying across the frame.

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by Paul Skoczylas on Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:50 pm

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One of the best Bald Eagle shots I've ever seen.

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by Jim Neiger on Tue Nov 25, 2003 1:32 pm

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Great capture! The mid air pose is cool. The fish is icing. Congrats!

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