This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
A bald eagle lands on the Kenai Coast.
Here’s a photo from 2007 that I just reworked a bit. I have to again thank my old friend Bob Gay for telling me to go to Homer, Alaska, that March. It was so good that I went back the next two years.
Bald Eagle; Homer, Alaska.
Here’s an image I just reworked a little. I took it in 2007, a little after getting back into photography after a 30 year hiatus. I had just retired and my friend, Bob Gay, told me I needed to get on a plane right away and meet him in Homer, Alaska. One of the best pieces of photography advice I’ve ever gotten. Thanks again, Bob.
Three Eagles Out On A Limb
Time flies! It was 2009 when I went to Homer, Alaska, to photograph bald eagles with three friends from the Marin Camera Club, Dan Van Winkle, Kevin Westerlund and Gene Morita. Gene’s friend, John Isaac, joined us there. It was the last year Jean Keene would feed the bald eagles at her home on Kachemak Bay because she passed away that year.
Photographers from all over the world came to her place to photograph the eagles.
A bald eagle perches on a limb.
I was looking through some of my bald eagle photos from 2007 and decided to run this one through Photoshop again.
One bald eagle bites another.
I was happy to learn that this bald eagle image made the cut for the final round of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Shortly after I retired in 2007 my friend Bob Gay invited me to join him and some friends in photographing bald eagles at Homer, Alaska. I took Bob up on his offer and I’m sure glad I did. The photography was astounding. I returned in 2008 and 2009. In 2009 I also took several boat trips across the bay from Homer to photograph bald eagles there. Thanks to the abundance of eagles there I have never photographed a species as much as I have bald eagles. Those trips were experiences I will always remember.
This immature bald eagle has monofilament fishing line caught in both of its feet. The artificial bait (shrimp) is still attached to the line. This is a recipe for disaster. At some point the line is going to get snagged on a limb or other object and, unless the bird figures out how to remove it, the bird is going to die. Unfortunately, fishing lines kill a lot of birds and other wildlife.
