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Feathers in Flight
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ErinKirsten


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Challenge: Feathers II (Standard Editing)
Camera: Nikon Z9
Lens: Nikon NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR
Date: Mar 23, 2025
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 12800
Shutter: 1/1600
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2025

This was an eagle that had dropped its prey in the neighbor’s yard. It was on the roof for the longest time, I ran inside and grabbed my camera. It sat and looked at me, flew down to the yard, retrieved its dropped rodent, and flew off. That is a fence behind it and the ground looks like water but is a road and sidewalks asphalt/concrete. I walked inside and couldn’t believe it happened so close to me.

ETA: THANK YOU for all the kind comments and a new personal achievement of 8+ and PB. This is a new area of photography for me (birds and birds in flight) — it is teaching me more than photography — patience.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 21
Avg (all users): 8.1923
Avg (participants): 8.1000
Avg (non-participants): 8.2500
Views since voting: 310
Views during voting: 75
Votes: 26
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


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05/09/2025 11:20:02 PM
Originally posted by roz:

this is such an incredible shot Erin ..
i keep coming back to it ..
just as a matter of interest do you use some form of tracking on your focus settings .. so you can lock onto a moving subject ... :)


Hi Roz~my model of camera has that capability; however, I just learned that it did about 2 weeks ago (after this was taken) and have been playing around with it. Hoping to watch some Steve Perry videos next week and learn the settings for wildlife that I should be using but have never needed but will greatly improve my ‘keep’ rate.
04/09/2025 01:08:55 AM
this is such an incredible shot Erin ..
i keep coming back to it ..
just as a matter of interest do you use some form of tracking on your focus settings .. so you can lock onto a moving subject ... :)
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04/05/2025 11:51:44 AM
Really Really really nice shot!! Love seeing the back wing through underneath the other -- Fantastic!! Huge congrats on a well deserved 8!!!
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04/04/2025 11:33:58 AM
Amazing photo. Congratuations on your PB.
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04/04/2025 07:15:18 AM
Your image is magnificent an unbelievable capture. Wow, Congratulations and thank you for the incredible story.
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04/04/2025 04:38:29 AM
Credit where credit is due. My previous comment was a compliment. I was one of your 10’s!
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04/04/2025 12:35:37 AM
Congratulations! What a fabulous capture.
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04/04/2025 12:09:50 AM
9 TENS WOW!!!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a photo where there has been more tens than any other score given, it shows this should’ve scored way above eight!

In my humble opinion, there should’ve not been a score under seven, but like I said that’s just my humble opinion.

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS!

You and Wendy have a really inspired me to take up bird photography in a big way this year, it’s always been a goal of mine. I just love those creatures.

Thank you. 🙏
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04/04/2025 12:03:09 AM
Clear winner. Congratulations
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/02/2025 05:43:00 PM
Amazing photography, this is absolutely stunning!
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04/02/2025 09:31:13 AM
Great bird picture.
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03/31/2025 08:23:18 AM
stunning
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03/30/2025 07:04:27 PM
Wendy, This is magnificent!
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03/30/2025 04:15:29 PM
you should get a score above 8 for this exceptional photo ..
it not only satisfies the challenge completely.. but it's an amazing action shot ..
congratulations on the blue .. !! .. :)
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03/30/2025 01:58:36 AM
Spectacular! Wondering what it's carrying.
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03/28/2025 11:24:55 AM
Very nice. Caught a great compositions of the wings which shows off the leading feathers. Crisp and sharp, Might need another 5 or 10% space of the right side to fly into.
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03/28/2025 01:02:41 AM
This is one of the best eagle photos I have seen on DP challenge, love the wings floating midstream. Perfect backdrop, looks like a forrest.

Just perfectly balanced.
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