| Blogs > 1ClassyLady > U r responsible for ur life |
|
Incredible Split-Second Photo of Bald Eagle with Symmetrical Reflection -2 Let’s talk about your incredible photo of the bald eagle reflecting in the water. Can you describe that day and what was happening when the photo was taken? As you might know, this image was shot at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy in Ontario. I had been there the year prior and had shot this handsome Eagle last year as well. The Eagle’s name is Bruce and he’s really amazing and fairly well behaved but also has a mind of his own too, sometimes squawking and mingling with the photographers. When they brought him out again this year, I was so excited as the water was fairly calm and knew I might get a decent reflection. I snapped several images from the side and decided I wanted to get a vantage point where I might be able to shoot him more straight on. There was a large rock right at the water’s edge where I crouched down beside and rested my upper body on at times trying to get as low as possible. I love getting reflections from a low vantage point and hoped to get a couple of decent pics of Bruce. He flew across the pond several times and was not happy where I was, which turned out good for me as he was staring right at me quite a bit! He also was flying close enough to my head for me to feel the breeze from his wings but I was determined to keep shooting. I decided to move off the rock and get a few shots of him landing from further back and on his next flight he landed right on the rock I was perched on, looking straight at me as if to say, “This is my turf buddy, back off!” Did you know right away that you had something special? I definitely rank it as my top image and did not know when I shot it how it had turned out. It was only later when I went through my images and cropped in closer on him did I realize how fantastic it looked with him squared off perfectly and staring daggers at me. How has it felt to have your photograph go viral? To be honest, the response has been completely overwhelming and unexpected. I knew the image was good but it just seems to strike a chord and resonate with so many people. I’m humbled and thankful by all the love, comments and likes given. It’s very rewarding and exhilarating after so many thousands of hours in the field shooting to have an image go viral worldwide. What’s next? My next steps are to get a website up and running and set it up so I can take orders for prints and showcase some of my art. I’ll also keep traveling and shooting and posting to share what I see with the rest of the world.       Honesty is the best policy. |
|||
|
You know the photographer has to wait for long time, took many imperfect pictures in order to get a perfect picture. We need to appreciate his afford and perseverance for his excellent photography. Nowadays, people use smartphone to take pictures. But birds can fly away, in a split of second he caught the right moment to show us his professional skill. Honesty is the best policy.
| ||
|
Hope you will enjoy those bird photos. Best of all, those photos are free of charge. Politics and religion are too controversial topics. So, I posted those non-threaten photos. Honesty is the best policy.
|
