Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Howard, Your opening shot is great. I am amazed at the control they have over the shape of their wing tips, adjusting the tip shape as required for their immediate needs. A college friend of mine, the late Dr. August Raspet, trained a turkey vulture to fly formation with his sailplane, so that he could photograph the wing tip shapes. He had a Navy research contract to come up with improvements in wing tip efficiency. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 7/28/2014 3:21 PM, H&E Cummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > I have been busy with cabin visitors and my eagle shooting has been a bit > limited. > The eagles aren't coming as frequently either as salmon are swimming > nearer and nearer > the shores on their way to their spawning grounds. But this morning was a > good sequence. > The water was calm, the eagles came and out of my 400 or so shots, here > are four > which I was quite pleased with. All taken with the Nikon D4 and the 80 - > 400 VR zoom handheld. > > First my favourite - the eagle angled against the far horizon: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/8708.jpg.html> > > and then three more shots of the eagle skimming the water with a > reflection in the calm water; > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/8814.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/8734.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Eagles2014/8777.jpg.html> > > I really am in awe at how the eagles combine their aeronautical skills with > > dipping their wings in the water. > > Please look large, C&C always welcome, of course. > > Howard > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >