[Leica] A Productive Eagle Day at the Stand

[Jim Nichols]

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
>
>
>
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