Jill Attaway
January 2025 - Eagle Combat
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About the Image(s)
I'm including my submission - "Eagle Combat" for January - a final cropped and edited image and the original image. The top eagle has a fish in its talon that the other eagle is trying to steal.
I visited Lock & Dam 18 on the Mississippi River near Burlington, Iowa on December 11th and there were about 100 juvenile and adult eagles in the area. I used a tripod, my Canon 5D Mark IV with Sigma 150-600 lens. F8, 1/3200 second, ISO 2000 at 600 mm.
I edited in Lightroom and used the denoise feature as well as significant cropping (see original photo).
2 comments posted
Great capture, tells a story that probably repeats so often. To me, it looks like the lower eagle is a younger eagle trying to grab food away from an larger bird.
The image captures the motion perfectly. Based on the original photo, I think your cropping was just right. Posted: 01/18/2025 01:20:54
The image captures the motion perfectly. Based on the original photo, I think your cropping was just right. Posted: 01/18/2025 01:20:54
What a capture. Right time, right place. Good cropping. Well done. Posted: 01/19/2025 22:23:29