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Meet Sam the Bald Eagle.

This immature Bald Eagle was coming into a carcass (off camera right) for some dinner. The sun lit him up beautifully.

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I think he was eyeing the coffee sitting below him. Either that are he was falling over from being asleep, lol.

A friend told me about this owl, so I had to go looking. It sure did not mind me there, although it did look a bit sleepy as I snapped some shots.

To say today was an excellent day for shooting Eagles would be an understatement. It was freaking awesome.

This Bald Eagle took off from its perch and gave me a perfect shot of it in flight.

A very dull and overcast sky this morning, helpfully some avian antics helped to break it up
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Went out today, the weather was awesome. Patches of blue sky, temps in the upper 30s, the air was crisp and clear, the lighting was awesome. The Bald Eagles did not disappoint either.

2 of our resident eagles, guarding their nest from the intrusion of migratory eagles that have come into the valley.

Portraits

Portraits

Scratch another 1 off my list. Was driving looking for something to shoot. Saw something on a fence post ahead, thought it was just a small hawk. Surprise, Surprise... Short-eared Owl. In the snow, no less.

I like the dark underside vulture T-shape against the light chest and abdomen feathers of this cruising condor and the combination of the darker shadows of one wing tip in contrast with the translucence of the other tip. Would like feed back on graduated tint applied to the blown out tropical, midday sky.

The brisk midday, tropical winds ran into the highest hill in Cartagena, Columbia, and the vertical stone walls of Castillo de San Felipe creating excellent updrafts for the local condors to cruise effortlessly. The condor in the background lost lift and flapped back into the column.

I am blessed with the ability to open my left eye for wide vision alongside my camera while right eye through the viewfinder yields a binocular tunnel on bird in flight. This is one of several I will post seeking detailed feedback on editing of live action to compensate for blown out heavy haze of sea level tropical midday sun.

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Alone in a meeting with the Bird King,
Offering balloons to his sparkling splendid

Saw this little dude at Cefn Onn Park in Wales...he secretly knew i was taking photos and decided to pose :)

Did you know Jal, NM is the only town in the world that has a lake that spells out the name of the town?

Does anyone else like the tone of this picture? it was a slightly cold evening in Quito/ Ecuador and I caught this Humming Bird mid-flight. Deciding on this shade of colour due to the atmosphere of the city and the way I felt (Which was a huge sense of distance from home and a new world)

Well this little guy decided to take a break from flying around, and without him knowing it...I was there waiting with my camera, no bird escapes!


Sadly my original RAW photo is buried somewhere in my hard drive so upon request I will find it!

This guy was pretty cool to capture out in Ecuador, as his feathers were like sequins, and they were of a very cold tone, he was amoung the fastest to capture and certainly put up a challenge

What's nicer to see in the jungle then the insects having a little catch-up? journeying through the leaves and vegetation to discover that these little guys have taken the time out of their day to relax and enjoy some time together - for the people who are less interested in this manifested story another interesting part about this photo is the transparent wings! a few locals called these butterflies the "Glass-winged butterflies" because you can see right into the background right behind them...not sure if the other insects of the forest minded their little catch up, as I'm sure they were probably being watched.. :)

Okay before anyone asks...this is at a bird show in Ecuador, if that makes the photo a little less impressive then I apologise...to myself for not having a long enough lens to capture the a wild one! but I thought that this pose for the bird is quite an iconic american image if you think about it ... hope you do.

During my time in the Amazon (And even before I went) my aim was to capture a Humming Bird on camera, so when I arrived at the cloud forest and saw millions of them I thought this would be the easiest task ever...I was wrong, as these guys wouldn't sit still! always moving faster then a squirrel on coffee! eventually having my camera mounted on the tripod with my 300mm lens sat still looking at one place...a Humming bird landed right on the branch I was looking at, I had exactly less than a second to click the shutter before it would fly away...so this was a lucky shot that for-filled my aim for the holiday.

The mural on the side of one of the local restaurants, you'd think it would be called the early bird.. It's 'the Arb' to the locals and "The Arbutus Cafe" is what it says on the sign.

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Elly came to us three years ago and brightens every day for us....probably because SHE never has a bad day! :-)

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An image of Crowned Crane at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska

An image of a parrot at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska

Phalacrocorax aristotelis. Shag photographed during coastal flooding in Isle of Man.

Curraghs Wildlife Park in the Isle of Man. May 2015.

Curraghs Wildlife Park in the Isle of Man. May 2015.

Curraghs Wildlife Park in the Isle of Man. May 2015.

Watch out fish! This bill is sharp!

Shot this heron a couple of hours ago. Didn't know which of the seven clicks to use, so I used them all to show its flight path.

Shem Creek~Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Wild Dunes Golf Resort~Isle of Palms, South Carolina

This was just a quick shot while shooting the whales, but when I got home something really drew me to it. I loved the almost 3D feel. Thousands of birds are in the sky and on the water looking for what the whales stir up as they breach.

I'm not sure what this little guy is, but he's adorable.

A robin on the lookout for grackles near her nest of fledgelings.

A happy little group of birds on Black's Beach in San Diego, Ca.

From the Rocky Mountain Airshow, 2015, in Aurora, Colorado.

Seymour johnson afb airshow.

Friendly starlings

A lone F-16 from the USAF Thunderbirds on a high speed pass.

Canon 5DMkIII, Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 USM L, f/11, 1/4000, ISO 800, Av mode.

The Thunderbirds return after an 18 month hiatus to perform at the Rocky Mountain Airshow, in Aurora, CO.

See the entire album of photos from the 2015 Rocky Mountain Airshow here: http://village.photos/members/Scott-Smith-Photography/Rocky-Mountain-Airshow-2015

A quick shot while having coffee this morning on the deck. This robin was searching for the three babies in tree out front.

A tiny bit of saturation/vibrance/sharpening done in Lightroom.

Canon 5DMkIII, Canon 100-400 f/4-5.6L