Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Impressive birds Gene, well done! Lots of out of topic gear on your shores by the way ;-) Amities Philippe Le 25 janv. 14 ? 04:57, grduprey at mchsi.com a ?crit : > Last Sunday I was down on the Mississippi River, South of LeClaire, > Iowa to photograph the Bald Eagles and took this series of an > Immature Bald Eagle learning to fish. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0828a.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0829a.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0830a.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0831a.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0832a.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-0833a.jpg.html > > Here is a photo of the crowd on Sunday. Quite a large crowd, over > 180 photographers, for such a warm day, 38F, as the Eagles are not > usually as active on warm days. They were actually quite active and > teh shooting was very good in spite of the high temperature, but the > river has a large fish population right now and that may be why they > were out in the numbers we found on Sunday, about 150 birds. Lock & > Dam 14 is one of the best Bald Eagle sites in the Lower 48 to > photograph these birds, as they fish fairly close to the bank of the > river in Iowa. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/GRDuprey/untitled-1016756a.jpg.html > > Comments welcome, and please view large for best detail. > > Gene > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE