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Posted by walkinman on Sun Dec 21, 2003 2:58 am

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After a recent reference to bald eagles here as being 'like tame pet parrots', I thought I'd post this one.

Techs: Nikon camera, lens, film

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Dec 21, 2003 7:54 am
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Great headshot Carl. Love the open beak.
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by Bill Whala on Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:53 am
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We had an Amazon Parrot that would open its beak at us like this. When we would hold a finger out to him, he would put his head down and let us scratch the back of his neck. :D

Great shot of this guy!!
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by Jim Neely on Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:37 am
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Beautiful detail. The composition, exposure and BG are right on the money.

Not anything I could think of to improve this one.

Bet he wouldn't be too interested in having his neck scratched. :D

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by Jim Urbach on Sun Dec 21, 2003 4:37 pm
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Carl,

Wonderful sharp portrait. Love the open mouth.

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by Robert Kemmerlin on Sun Dec 21, 2003 5:00 pm
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Great one, I love the "wild" look.
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by OriolesFan on Sun Dec 21, 2003 5:14 pm
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The detail on this is incredible and I find the eye almost haunting. Very nice!

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by AlexC on Sun Dec 21, 2003 5:16 pm
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Incredible shot, great DOF, expsoure and detail!!
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by Cliff Beittel on Sun Dec 21, 2003 7:00 pm
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Great shot, with wonderful detail even in the iris.
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by Ron Niebrugge on Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:23 pm
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I can almost hear it: “Polly want a salmon”.

Great shot Carl, I like the fact you have a little light in the mouth, not sure if that is from a little fill flash, or sun reflecting off the snow.
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by Jill on Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:26 pm
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Carl, Superb detail for film and through the lens of a Nikon camera!! Is this a wild bird and did you tame him? Good job!!
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by Greg Downing on Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:28 pm
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Great one Carl/ What focal length was this taken at?
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by walkinman on Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:51 pm
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Hey folks,

Ron, I don't believe I used flash here .. just had some fortune with nice soft light in the morning.

Jill, no, this bird is wild, though very habituated to people.

Greg, sorry man, I honestly don't recall what lens I was using for this particular shot. It was either my 300mm f4, my 500mm f4, or my friend's 600mm, or any of the above lenses with a 1.4 TC. I'm guessing the 500 or 600. I can tell you this though .. I shot over half a roll of film on this bird, and as the roll ended, he stopped screaming, and flew off. I turned to help a buddy with something, and got distracted. I turned back to my camera, opened the back of my camera to change film, and saw it hadn't yet rewound. I closed it up, rewound it, and hoped for the best. I managed to salvage about 6 frames out of probably 20! If anyone ever wants a really funky looking image of an eagle screaming, with all kinds of reds, yellows and oranges across the frame, let me know. :D

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by LHays on Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:13 am
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by Bob Boner on Mon Dec 22, 2003 2:43 pm
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Very nice image! Incredible detail! Fierce looking bird. I wouldn't change a thing. Thanks for sharing.
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