Taken deep in the forest in the foothills of Mount Rainier. I was able to sneak up on this bald eagle who was....
... resting comfortably in the new Bald Eagle exhibit at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park.
The exhibit is a bit of a challenge to photograph (even when it's not closed due to Covid) as there's a mesh screen keeping the birds in. But by shooting with a long lens at high power and choosing a section of the mesh that was in shadow, it's pretty much invisible. Taken at 600 MM and then cropped, it allowed me to get a much better closeup than I could ever get in the wild.
... resting comfortably in the new Bald Eagle exhibit at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park.
The exhibit is a bit of a challenge to photograph (even when it's not closed due to Covid) as there's a mesh screen keeping the birds in. But by shooting with a long lens at high power and choosing a section of the mesh that was in shadow, it's pretty much invisible. Taken at 600 MM and then cropped, it allowed me to get a much better closeup than I could ever get in the wild.