I don't get no breaks - a sad story

[Harryb]

Hi you'll,

It was a rough day. I went out to the wetlands. As I was leaving I told Linda that I was getting worried because the eagles hadn't returned yet and were overdue. I said it would be nice to get a good eagle shot.

Well the day was lousy, grey and overcast. I spent 3 hours in the wetlands and no eagle. I decided to go to Starbucks for a quick cup. As I was driving down the road there was this bald eagle sitting on a power pole. I passed up the shot. I mean a bald eagle on a power pole is like pineapple on pizza.

On the way back there was that shameless eagle still sitting on the power pole so I decided an eagle on a power pole is better than no eagle at all. So I snapped a few shots. I was on the side of the road with traffic whizzing by so I couldn't set up my tripod and these shots were handheld.

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I got to the wetlands and as I was entering I saw an osprey sitting on THE TREE. I headed on over there and I saw that the osprey was actually a bald eagle. When I got even closer I saw that there was actually two bald eagles in the tree with one on the lower branch. Be still my foolish heart two, not one but two bald eagles on THE TREE. :clap :clap
Now I had to switch from my 500 to my 80-400 to be able to get both bald eagles in the shot. Naturally as I was in mid lens change one of the eagles took off. :cry No two eagle in THE TREE shot. I don't get no breaks first a power pole now only one eagle. Broken in spirit I snapped off these shots hand held
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I then started to set up my tripod and of course the eagle took off before I could finish. I don't get no breaks. :cry

[behr655]

I should get no breaks like you get no breaks.:huh Nioce shots.

Bear

[Allen]

AWWWWWWWWW, I realy feel sorry for you ....................... NOT.:roflQuit ya bitchen', everyone
on these board would give an eye tooth for those shots.

Great results, even w/o a TP. As I left work today there was a redtail sitting on a fence
post and me wishing I had my camera. Trouble was it's the airport fence
and the traffic heavy. Oh well.
AL

[bfjr]

because I and Wolfgang Puck have been tellin ya Pineapple on pizza is the cat's meow. :rofl

and an eagle on a power pole well heck it's just a little extra chesse topping
I'd swear off pineapple pizza if I could get an eagle on any pole, tree, fence etc. etc. :lol4 :clap

I wanna feel bad for ya Boss but just no way no how :wink

The only thing missing is a KingFisher and a little Macarenna action :rofl :lol :bad

Hey were's your ISO setting in your tag. What was it set at ??

[Harryb]

I should get no breaks like you get no breaks.:huh Nioce shots.

Bear
Thanks Bear, it wasn't easy. :D

[Osprey Whisperer]

Nice shots Harry. Don't much like that power pole..either..but at least you saw a damn BOP. I got stuck shooting a couple GBH down at the Intra-coastal waterway again. Oh well....someday I'll find me an eagle. Still no pelicans at "Pelican Alley". I'm getting worried. I have not seen my local dolphin either. Damn.


MM

[jwear]

mr lucky and his tree :D really good shots Harry :thumb boy one day I will find an eagle if Ben does not scare it i will get one shot :rofl

[Eric&Susan]

I need to find a tree like yours.

Great shots Harry:thumb

Eric

[luckydog]

Poor Baby! Are you okay???

I'd eat poo to get photo opps like the "bad day" shots you have here!! Quit ya bleatin' and get back out there to take more pics for us.

[Harryb]

AWWWWWWWWW, I realy feel sorry for you ....................... NOT.:roflQuit ya bitchen', everyone
on these board would give an eye tooth for those shots.

Great results, even w/o a TP. As I left work today there was a redtail sitting on a fence
post and me wishing I had my camera. Trouble was it's the airport fence
and the traffic heavy. Oh well.
AL
If I told you I had to shoot these with my D100 because my D2h is being repaired again would that help? :D

Thanks Allen.

[Ric Grupe]

.....you can get your tongue out of your cheek now! :rofl

The power pole shots please me, in that it shows how these magnificent birds are coping and even flourishing in a human dominated environment.

[Harryb]

because I and Wolfgang Puck have been tellin ya Pineapple on pizza is the cat's meow. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif

and an eagle on a power pole well heck it's just a little extra chesse topping
I'd swear off pineapple pizza if I could get an eagle on any pole, tree, fence etc. etc. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/roflol.gif http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/clap.gif

I wanna feel bad for ya Boss but just no way no how http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/mwink.gif

The only thing missing is a KingFisher and a little Macarenna action http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/lol3.gif http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/blbl.gif

Hey were's your ISO setting in your tag. What was it set at ??
Hey Ben,

If this wasn't a 'G' rated site I could tell you and Mr. Puck where you could put your pineapple pizza. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/puke2.gif

Boy I can't get any sympathy here. :uhoh Don' forget I was shooting with my D100 too. :cry

The ISO settins were 250 for the first 2 shots, 320 for the 3rd, 400 for the 4th, and 500 for the last two.

[lynnma]

I feel sooo sorry for you you poor lamb.. such a terrible day.. NOT... I echo quit yer bitchin..

AND I love the power pole ones..adds something..:clap

[Harryb]

Nice shots Harry. Don't much like that power pole..either..but at least you saw a damn BOP. I got stuck shooting a couple GBH down at the Intra-coastal waterway again. Oh well....someday I'll find me an eagle. Still no pelicans at "Pelican Alley". I'm getting worried. I have not seen my local dolphin either. Damn.


MM
hey Mike,

Not fair, I don't want to hear about your problems when I'm moaning and groaning about my own. :huh

I think there should be some law about eagles and power poles. Oh well, when I get some time maybe I start doing some cloning on those shots.

[ginger_55]

Well, Harry, I am glad you got an eagle! Now I don't have to!

Smile,

ginger


I got a "little" birdie yesterday, haven't had time to work it up. Been too busy doing some assignment. Now, I ache to much to go to sleep.
Are you working on the assignment, too?

[gus]

Things are worse than you think harry.

I love pineapple on my pizza (guswife gets anchovies on 'em :puke ) & ive nearly crashed the truck several times over the past weeks looking at bloody egrets beside the road !

[ginger_55]

Things are worse than you think harry.

I love pineapple on my pizza (guswife gets anchovies on 'em :puke ) & ive nearly crashed the truck several times over the past weeks looking at bloody egrets beside the road !
Couldn't run over them, Gus? If they are in the air, take a photo with your widest lens, work it up and post it here under my name, please?

ginger

[Harryb]

mr lucky and his tree http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif really good shots Harry http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif boy one day I will find an eagle if Ben does not scare it i will get one shot http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gifHey Jeff,

I got these shots with my musket (D100). I was lucky and Ben wasn't around. I could see how he would scare them off. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/lol3.gif

Thanks.

[iceman17]

Ho Hum shots Harry,I feel for you though ,heck having to go all the way up to ISO 500 and hand held with out your pod,only to get shots like this,man that sucks:cry .Maby next time you'll get some decent Eagle shots for your gallery,Lord knows you could use one or two:rofl .

OK all kidding aside, these are great.Although I thought I was the only one shooting raptors on power poles.As for your Eagle gallery,well ive never seen so many spectacular Eagle shots in one place before.My hats off to you Harry...ice

[Harryb]

I need to find a tree like yours.

Great shots Harry:thumb

Eric
Thanks Eric. That tree is the greatest. I've shot eagles, hawks, ospreys, and caracaras all on that same tree. Everyone should have one, even Ben. :D

[Harryb]

Poor Baby! Are you okay???

I'd eat poo to get photo opps like the "bad day" shots you have here!! Quit ya bleatin' and get back out there to take more pics for us.
Golly Darryl you're a hard man. :uhoh Looks like I ain't getting no sympathy here so I better take some more shots. :D

Thanks

[jwear]

Hey Ben,

If this wasn't a 'G' rated site I could tell you and Mr. Puck where you could put your pineapple pizza. http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/puke2.gif

Boy I can't get any sympathy here. :uhoh Don' forget I was shooting with my D100 too. :cry

The ISO settins were 250 for the first 2 shots, 320 for the 3rd, 400 for the 4th, and 500 for the last two.it is very hard when you have to push the button each shot ain't it :cry :wxwax I feel your pain old guy :1drink

[ginger_55]

Thanks Eric. That tree is the greatest. I've shot eagles, hawks, ospreys, and caracaras all on that same tree. Everyone should have one, even Ben. :D
You know Harry, I am seeing that tree quite a bit now, in various places. I even took a photo of one of the trees like that a few weeks ago. Can't work up/post everything. Didn't think you all would be impressed by an empty tree stump thing.

But with all these perfect perches around here, the birds just arent sitting on them. Not here. Not on power poles either.

I still want to see an eagle, and I take pictures of anything I want to see. However there is no way I am going to get a photo of an eagle like yours. Some of it is just not knowing my camera, settings, etc as well as you do, though I probably shoot as often. I think I am lazier. But part of it is different equipment, I really do think that makes a difference, not the whole difference, but a difference.

I do have some raptor shots from Friday, they are a good hawk. I will work them up when I get to them. They are in the air. Mostly I was getting those turkey vulture things, but some of them are one of those red........ something raptors, pretty. But not as good as yours. None the less, I will work them up.

ginger (I lost my bird book, need to buy a better one anyway. We are getting some strange birds, or they are juveniles. But that is why I appear so stupid on the birds the last few days.)

Any, tell your birds that I have the trees here, just perfect! You all come!!

[Harryb]

.....you can get your tongue out of your cheek now! :rofl

The power pole shots please me, in that it shows how these magnificent birds are coping and even flourishing in a human dominated environment.
Thanks Ric. Its funny that you should say that about the power pole because thats what I was thinking when I first viewed the shots on my monitor.

No matter how many times I've seen them its always a thrill. I've missed a few flight shots because I'm almost mesmerized when they spread their wings and take off. Its a magnificent sight.

[Harryb]

I feel sooo sorry for you you poor lamb.. such a terrible day.. NOT... I echo quit yer bitchin..

AND I love the power pole ones..adds something..:clap
Geez, if I can't get sympathy from Lynn I'm really out of luck. I told ya that I can't get a break. :D

Thanks for the kind words about the power poles.

[Harryb]

Well, Harry, I am glad you got an eagle! Now I don't have to!

Smile,

ginger


I got a "little" birdie yesterday, haven't had time to work it up. Been too busy doing some assignment. Now, I ache to much to go to sleep.
Are you working on the assignment, too?
None of that Ginger. I'm expecting to see an eagle capture form you sometime in the future.

I'm doing some work on the assignment. Haven't captured anything I like yet but I'm going out tomorrow.

[Harryb]

Things are worse than you think harry.

I love pineapple on my pizza (guswife gets anchovies on 'em :puke ) & ive nearly crashed the truck several times over the past weeks looking at bloody egrets beside the road !
Pineapple on pizza must have something to do with one's proximity to the Pacific Ocean. :scratch


I've almost run my car off the road a number of times as I watched various birds on the roadside. A few times at the wetlands I've almost ended up in the water when my attention was distracted.

[Trish323]

WOW harry! You can cry but I would be thrilled with anyone of these! Sounds to me like you need to have 2 cameras ready at all times! I am hoping to get up and out there in the early am (mon).:clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

[ehughes]

Harry, I mean this is the nicest possible way... I HATE YOU... :D

Ed

[jwear]

Harry, I mean this is the nicest possible way... I HATE YOU... :D

EdEd you need to get out more :rofl :rofl come to la and go osprey hunting :thumb

[bfjr]

Pineapple on pizza must have something to do with one's proximity to the Pacific Ocean. :scratch

Errrrr sorry it has everything to do with good taste :lol4
:rolleyes

[Harryb]

Ho Hum shots Harry,I feel for you though ,heck having to go all the way up to ISO 500 and hand held with out your pod,only to get shots like this,man that sucks:cry .Maby next time you'll get some decent Eagle shots for your gallery,Lord knows you could use one or two:rofl .

OK all kidding aside, these are great.Although I thought I was the only one shooting raptors on power poles.As for your Eagle gallery,well ive never seen so many spectacular Eagle shots in one place before.My hats off to you Harry...ice
Thanks very much for the kind words Ice. I'm glad you enjoyed the eagle gallery. I hope to get a batch more eagle shots this year and replace some of the older shots.

[Harryb]

it is very hard when you have to push the button each shot ain't it :cry :wxwax I feel your pain old guy :1drink
It is a pain. I missed a shot at him when he took off because the buffer was full. :cry

[Harryb]

WOW harry! You can cry but I would be thrilled with anyone of these! Sounds to me like you need to have 2 cameras ready at all times! I am hoping to get up and out there in the early am (mon).:clap :clap :clap :clap :clap
Thanks Trish. Normally I would have had a second camera ready but my D2h stopped metering correctly and is back in Nikonland again for more repairs. :cry

Darn you would be going this Monday. Its the first Monday in weeks that I won't be there. Linda has to take her dad to the doc and we have the landscapers coming over to redo our landscaping and I'm stuck on house duty.

[Harryb]

Harry, I mean this is the nicest possible way... I HATE YOU... :D

EdI don't blame you at all Ed. I would feel the same way if I wasn't me. :rofl

[Harryb]

Errrrr sorry it has everything to do with good taste :lol4
:rolleyes
The dude with the high key egret is going to tell us about taste. :poke

[Trish323]

Thanks Trish. Normally I would have had a second camera ready but my D2h stopped metering correctly and is back in Nikonland again for more repairs. :cry

Darn you would be going this Monday. Its the first Monday in weeks that I won't be there. Linda has to take her dad to the doc and we have the landscapers coming over to redo our landscaping and I'm stuck on house duty.
Welll don't fret...never made it there in the AM...was around 4:30 or so...after a lovely lunch with my sister and an old HS friend. 3 margaritas later i stopped at the WL...boy can a margarita or 3 change the perspective of those darn potholes! I shot some sorry shots and tried to follow the kingfisher...but actually HE follows me! And stays just utside of my 340mm reach:dunno

I think you should sell that darn house:rofl set up camp at the WL....

[Harryb]

Welll don't fret...never made it there in the AM...was around 4:30 or so...after a lovely lunch with my sister and an old HS friend. 3 margaritas later i stopped at the WL...boy can a margarita or 3 change the perspective of those darn potholes! I shot some sorry shots and tried to follow the kingfisher...but actually HE follows me! And stays just utside of my 340mm reach:dunno

I think you should sell that darn house:rofl set up camp at the WL....
Margaritas, next to Corona my favorite beverage. Thats a good idea about them changing your perspective. Maybe for the next assingment we will do shooting after 3 maragritas. That would be very interesting.

My D2h is winging its way back home, hopefully it will be home by the weekend. Linda likes the idea of me camping at the wetlands but she'll keep the house. Somehow she feels that 95% of her cleaning will be eliminated if I did that. :scratch :dunno