Sometimes timing, and luck, are everything.

I went to the river to seek out my favorite heron and as I’m walking toward the river a bald eagle swooped down and landed in a tree across the river. If I had been there 15 seconds earlier, I would have been walking among trees and wouldn’t have seen it. Fifteen seconds later and it would already have been in the tree and I wouldn’t have seen it because it blended in with the frost on the trees.

It was quite a distance across the river and even with my 500mm lens, it was difficult to get a good shot. But as luck would have it, the eagle flew off toward the side of the river I was on. It flew over the trees and I thought I had lost it for good. But I walked a little further down the river searching the trees for the eagle and there it was . . . on the very top of a tree. I watched it and photographed it for about 30 minutes. My 500mm lens is heavy and I was shooting hand-held so I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get any decent shots, but I’m happy with what I got. I’m sure it would have been better if I’d been carrying my tripod but this will have to do.

Maralee
Excellent work.
Thank you very much.
Majestic beings, and excellently captured, Maralee!
Thank you. I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.
I’d say it was an excellent day! Beautiful captures, Maralee, I love the added snow in them!
Thank you, Donna. The sun came out and melted all the snow/frost on the trees so I was lucky that everything came together.
Oh wow, what an excellent day indeed! I loved the taking off shot, and the ones its sitting on the snowy tree top. Well done!
Thank you very much. It was very exciting for me.
I know the feeling. 🙂