Beautiful pictures everyone.

Christian........your pictures do tell the story. No words necessary. You must be using your new lens the detail is magnificent.

Christian.....that was fun. The sequence tells it all......
carolyn

Outstanding pictures Christian. That last one is a beauty!

Scott and Christian enjoyed your outings and look forward to more in 2012.

Wow Christian Such a beautiful group of images, nice captures of the juvenile with its meal, and the mature eagle with its reflection in the water is so clear it is breathtaking ! Wow! Thanks for sharing ! Happy New Year !

Thank you all for your really kind comments! It is such a joy to be out there and be lucky to be at the right place at the right time.

Scott- thank you, we really share the same passion of photography, maybe we can do something together one day? Would really like to meet you

mjb- you re so kind and appreciative, I will keep on posting whenever possible! Your words are so inspiring, thank you!

Coccat9 - Yes, it is the new tele-lens which I bought on ebay used, I got a good deal there, really lucky. Now it is really possible to get close to these shy eagles without disturbing them and their environment

Woodlands Bleu - (Carolyn) - Yes, it is fun, I will post more of the sequences, this was only a small selection to get going. Thank you

Socal Eaglefan - Thank you, I will post a few more portraits

Golden1 - Yes thank you, lots more to follow :nod:

Eaglenut - Thank you Tina, Happy New Year to you, maybe we will finally meet this year

OK, now more from yesterday. I actually fired away more than 1,200 images - seems crazy, yes it is! The reason was that I happened to be at the right place at the right time (pure luck) and also I was testing my new lens and was not sure if I could operate it correctly and changed a lot of settings - to my surprise nearly all images were sharp and clear, better than I could ever have imagined.

So let me share my lucky day with you

In the morning I arrived at Sandpiper Golf course at 9am and noticed how the eagle population had rapidly decreased when compared to the beginning of December.



Before throwing away the day I went to the lovely restaurant and indulged in the breakfast classic for $5. Try it, you get loads of pancakes and bacon and with some coffee the depression goes away quickly. After that I walked over to the water and caught a rather interesting sequence, it is far away but look what the eagle does to avoid conflict...look at the following 8 images...