Tag Archives: Eagles of the Mississippi River

Canon 1DX + 500mm f4 = The Dive

Posted on by
6

My Canon 1DX and my trusty Canon 500mm f4 IS has been feeling neglected!  I have been walking around with the 7D2 + 100-400 hand held.  Was trying to catch a fight, but caught this Dive instead.  I have been leaving the 500mm setup on my gimbal and tripod, and switching back and forth to compare tracking and focusing speeds.  Here are some results.

The Dive

PBKJ0367-FrameShop PBKJ0368-FrameShop PBKJ0369-FrameShop

 

Now that I got a post out, better get back to the high ISO comparison!

Enjoy what you read and the photos? Subscribe to be notified of future posts via email by either clicking the Follow button at the bottom or the Subscribe section on the right!  Feel free to leave a comment.

Thanks for stopping by, Life is good, and I am blessed!
Kent

7D Mark ii and 100-400 mark ii review Day 3: Six Pack on Ice

Posted on by
6

As promised here are “Six Pack on Ice”.  These were taken on Sunday 1/11/15.  Not over exposed, feel a little hot to me.  Might have had something to do with them standing on a large photo reflector in harsh mid day sun!

All shots in this post are from the Canon 7D mkii + Canon 100-400 mkii

Take time to Reflect!KJ7D0654-FrameShop KJ7D0747-FrameShop KJ7D0748-FrameShop KJ7D0755-FrameShop KJ7D0758-FrameShop KJ7D0774-FrameShop

I had to work today, so as soon as I finish a little web work, heading down to my studio to put the 7D2 through some high ISO comparison.

Enjoy what you read and the photos? Subscribe to be notified of future posts via email by either clicking the Follow button at the bottom or the Subscribe section on the right!  Feel free to leave a comment.

Thanks for stopping by, Life is good, and I am blessed!
Kent

7D Mark ii and 100-400 mark ii review Day 3: More Eagles

Posted on by
1

Today I headed back to Lock and Dam 14 on the Mississippi River.  Today was my local photo club’s Eagle Outing.  I knew I was there mostly to guide and pay it forward.  There was a total of 23 Photographers from our We Click Photo Club.  The club even rented a pair of 15-600’s for the people to share.  I believe a good time was had by most of them.

Snow was in the forecast, clouds and tougher lighting and warmer temps meant less eagle activity. However, I was pleasantly surprised that I took 681 photos and have 116 keepers.  That is a pretty good “keeper” rate.  Especially for only being the third day on the new combination in my hands.

All shots in this post are from the Canon 7D mkii + Canon 100-400 mkiiKJ7D0698-FrameShop KJ7D0717-FrameShop KJ7D0740-FrameShop KJ7D0787-FrameShop KJ7D0788-FrameShop

Study the eye in the eagle below, you can see her Nictitating eyelidKJ7D0868-FrameShop

Money Shot: Classic Fishing PoseKJ7D0904-FrameShop

What do you think so far?

Enjoy what you read and the photos? Subscribe to be notified of future posts via email by either clicking the Follow button at the bottom or the Subscribe section on the right!  Feel free to leave a comment.

Thanks for stopping by, Life is good, and I am blessed!
Kent

7D Mark ii and 100-400 mark ii review Day 2: Eagles

Posted on by
13

When I first got to my Eagles, the skies were blue.  I started off with the Canon 7D Mark ii and Canon 100-400 mark ii  hand held, and the Canon 1DX + 500 on my gimbal.

The Canon 7D Mark ii is a little slower to grab focus in on the bird in flight, but tracks WAY better than my old Canon 7D’s (I had 2).

I then switched bodies and lenses, so of course the light condition had changed by then.  Light fell apart around 1 when clouds rolled in.  Heavy cloud cover until 3:30,,, so the best part of the day was crap.

7D Mark ii + 100-400 mark ii KJ7D0142-FrameShop

Canon 1DX + 100-400 mark iiPBKJ9744-FrameShopTry to ignore the skies, both birds where shot handheld, full-frame and same edit script (Actions)

What is your first impression? More to come on this field testing! This is only Day 2.

Few more Canon 7D MKii + Canon 100-400mm IS MKii to chew on.KJ7D0108-FrameShop KJ7D0114-FrameShop KJ7D0166-FrameShop

Heavy Crop, but getting closer to catching the talon to talon shot!KJ7D0192-FrameShop KJ7D0225-FrameShop KJ7D0233-FrameShop KJ7D0298Crop-FrameShop KJ7D0370-FrameShop KJ7D0377-FrameShop

What do you think so far?

Enjoy what you read and the photos? Subscribe to be notified of future posts via email by either clicking the Follow button at the bottom or the Subscribe section on the right!  Feel free to leave a comment.

Thanks for stopping by, Life is good, and I am blessed!
Kent

 

In Flight Collision!

Posted on by
4

Until today I had always thought that hummingbirds were the only birds that can fly backwards or upside down.

Today at Lock and Dam 14 on the Mississippi River I witnessed and documented an in air collision between two adult eagles.  I have been trying to get a full frame talon to talon grab, this was really close and maybe more rare.

Two eagles were circling looking for fish forgot to check their airspace and ran into each other. The impact completely rolled the top eagle over in mid air.  He went into a free fall before he could right himself and then continued on with his day of fishing.

Even though I clipped some wings in the series, still pretty cool!

PBKJ8936-FrameShopPBKJ8937-FrameShop PBKJ8938-FrameShop PBKJ8939-FrameShop PBKJ8940-FrameShop

Enjoy what you read and the photos? Subscribe to be notified of future posts via email by either clicking the Follow button at the bottom or the Subscribe section on the right!  Feel free to leave a comment.

Thanks for stopping by, Life is good, and I am blessed!
Kent