I had the lens on the eagle as it left\u00a0the perch, but with a 1.4X teleconverter on the old Canon 500 mm lens, it took a\u00a0few seconds\u00a0to acquire focus.\u00a0 I was shooting with the Canon 7D Mark II.; 1\/4000 second, f 5.6, ISO 640.<\/p>\n Once focused on the subject, I fired a rapid blast\u00a0 at 10 frames per second while trying to maintain a good composition.\u00a0\u00a0The images above show the bird with\u00a0its most pleasing wing positions.<\/p>\n The\u00a0duck carcass soon attracted ravens and another hungry eagle.<\/p>\n Eagle\u00a0#1 realizes the best thing to do is drop his\u00a0meal and make a quick exit.<\/p>\n The persistence of golden leaves on\u00a0the salt cedar, willow and cottonwood trees at Bosque provided some color for\u00a0our photographs.\u00a0 In most years,\u00a0leaves have fallen by\u00a0the end of November.<\/p>\n Watch for volume 3 to see the beauty of\u00a0northern pintails in flight.<\/p>\n Larry<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here\u00a0is a small collection of bald eagle shots from the recent Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico\u00a0Photo Tour.\u00a0\u00a0 Actually, these were made on November 28th (the day before the photo tour began)\u00a0as I circled through the refuge on\u00a0my pre-tour scouting drive.\u00a0 I’ve had little or no luck getting in the past at getting … Continue reading Bosque del Apache 2016 Volume 2 (Bald Eagles)<\/span> ![\"Bald](\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Bald-Eagle_79A91111.jpg\")
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