Happy Valentine's Day (w/ animation) :D
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It was magic.
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus.
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060816-eagle-fig...
This photo was taken on February 10, 2007 in Dorchester County, Maryland, US, using a Nikon D200.
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MemaNH ... retired and loving it!!!, ~Suemil~, Lotus ॐ Lynn, R-Rated Birdman, and 66 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Nikographer [Jon] (64 months ago | reply)
The full dance.
CeeCeeDotCa (64 months ago | reply)
oh wow......what a capture!!!!!!!
Happy Valentine's Day to you!
MemaNH ... retired and loving it!!! (64 months ago | reply)
WOW!!! Awesome!!!
Talk about being at the right place at the right time. :)
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0 W8ing (64 months ago | reply)
Another great capture you share with us all.. you keep on bringin' 'em back alive, like this.
Perfect Nikographer Valentine card.
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~Suemil~ (64 months ago | reply)
Beautiful capture! Wonderful photo! And video!
You are my winner!
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ButterstickLover (64 months ago | reply)
Wow!
DSutherland [deleted] (64 months ago | reply)
incredible shots!!! great!! happy valentines day!
LeFÏon (64 months ago | reply)
YEEEEEEEEEEs sir !
Trevor Gregg Photography (64 months ago | reply)
Amazing Jon! I've never seen anything like that in the wild!
Happy Valentine's.
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You deserve another one.
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ecstaticist (64 months ago | reply)
Definitely a winner!!!
You deserve another one.
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Calypso Photo (64 months ago | reply)
Very clever indeed
Some wonderful shots
I bet it was a magic time.
Congratulations
yeimaya (64 months ago | reply)
It is like a dance.... tango.
Lotus ॐ Lynn (64 months ago | reply)
oh.......
Coanri/Rita (64 months ago | reply)
Wow that must have been awesome to watch!!
R-Rated Birdman (64 months ago | reply)
Totally awesome!
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Fotomom (64 months ago | reply)
That is freakin' amazing!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Andrew Møøre [deleted] (64 months ago | reply)
ino it was probably really really hard to capture and it is simply amazing but i just wish it were in focus, then it would be 150%
luvhumpbacks [deleted] (64 months ago | reply)
Wow!! John. This is so cool the slideshow. Amazing series of shots. Excellent work. Happy Valentine's Day. Thanks for visiting.
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Flutterbye_856 (Off More Than On) (64 months ago | reply)
Wow!! What a capture! Fantastic!
Definitely a winner!!!
You deserve another one.
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Edgar Thissen (64 months ago | reply)
Wow, stunning animation Jon!! Thanks for sharing.
Happy Valentine's Day to you too!
nal from miami (64 months ago | reply)
What can I say? Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
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Nikographer [Jon] (64 months ago | reply)
@ drewbilizer! I know, I know!
These were all shot hand-held, through my car's sunroof, and I was goofy just trying to get them in view of the camera...
Next time I will have higher ISO, and be more ready. If that's possible...
These shots came out much better:
The thing I learned regarding photographing this behavior: Panning doesn't work when the subject is SPINNING!!!
akabyam (64 months ago | reply)
wow, and again wow!
tperry111(Thom) (64 months ago | reply)
Unbelievably FANTASTIC
planephotoman (64 months ago | reply)
These are really amazing! How high were they when they started and how low did they get when they pulled up?
Corgiflore (64 months ago | reply)
Ooooooooh ! This is FANTASTIC !!!!!!!
Happy Valentine !
lemperleconnie (64 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot! Happy Valentine's Day!
tanakawho (64 months ago | reply)
Definitely a winner!!!
You deserve another one.
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Doug Lloyd (64 months ago | reply)
I see this mateing behavior several times each spring but never has it been in even heavy crop range. Nice find Jon
Doug
Garnite (64 months ago | reply)
This is great, Jon. Congratulations on capturing it. I might simply be sitting there with my mouth open staring. Simply wonderful stuff.
martytdx (64 months ago | reply)
Wow - are you kidding me? That's fantastic!
Nikographer [Jon] (64 months ago | reply)
Thanks so much everyone. It was awesome to see, and I'm glad to share it.
@planephotoman - I was shooting with a 400mm lens, and if you shot birds of this size with a 400 you know that at a certain distance it's not worth taking the pix, or more than a couple. These two were a bit closer then that when they started their cartwheeling. Maybe they were 300 feet up? 400? And when they let go I'd say they were 100 feet above the ground, and a 150 feet away from my spot on the ground.
I got to see, probably this pair exclusively, lock up 4 times! Once I thought that a bird landed in the marsh after letting go. I actually thought both might have hit the ground, but when only one flew up from the ground, I scratched my head, and I was sort of lost in the moment for that sequence, and didn't get much in the way of photos.
I've only ever seen this cartwheeling behavior about 4 other times all at Conowingo Dam. The one sort of ok shot of it from then and there is this one:
Like I said on my first photo posted from this Saturday, I set my alarm clock for 4am, and woke up at 3:30am. I was that psyched to go, and it was so worth it. Just excellent.
rivadock4 (64 months ago | reply)
Great work Jon. I do need to go back there....Maybe this weekend.
Sir Frog (64 months ago | reply)
Totally awesome! What a great experience!
mandyonearth [deleted] (64 months ago | reply)
Very cool Jon and happy v-day to you as well : )
Caterina Moranti Vilariño (64 months ago | reply)
Ok... you can sing now that "Love is in the Air"... Happy Day!
cheesekid (64 months ago | reply)
That must have been so cool to watch!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Rick Leche (64 months ago | reply)
A very wonderful series to capture. Nowadays when travelling in my car I try to have the camera set at 800ISO, if I have the chance I can slow it down, but it sure works for the impromtu shots. The Owls were shot at this speed and they turned out fine!
Nikographer [Jon] (64 months ago | reply)
Yeah, I normally shoot at a safe 400, but had set it to 200 since the light was nice. The panning shots came out ok, which is what I was setup for.
planephotoman (64 months ago | reply)
Nothing like anticipation to get you out of bed for a big shoot!!
Jedi Appliance Guy (64 months ago | reply)
Wow. Thanks. Truely awsome.
wildorcaimages (64 months ago | reply)
WOw, absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! As many eagles as I am seeing all the time, this is something I have yet to see!!!!!!! WOWeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
Hot Flash Photography (64 months ago | reply)
How the heck did you do that? amazing capture - I'm speechless, actually (doesn't happen very often) - holy cow, Jon - oh, well. Just great.
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shivanayak (64 months ago | reply)
wow awesome
bud_marschner (64 months ago | reply)
Great Shot!
~Lux Aeterna~ (64 months ago | reply)
All I can do is echo everyone else. Wow! Amazing captures.
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outre (64 months ago | reply)
Stunning! I've never witnessed this but now I have through your amazing work, Thank You!
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KaroliK (64 months ago | reply)
Wonderful! What a treat!
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dhkaiser (64 months ago | reply)
Awesome. I have seen and tried to photograph this behavior but have had little success. Congrats on a stupendous sequence.
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Definitely a winner!!!
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