"Good Morning Lake Mattamuskeet"

Saturday the 21st I took a little R&R and headed west to meet up with some CNPA photographers for a much long and anticipated "Wildlife Photography" session. Arriving a bit early I found myself waking up just in time to get off the above shot, any longer and I would have been bummed out to say the least. A few minutes later I changed to my fisheye lens as the morning sky opened up giving way to some interesting prospectives of sky and landscape.

"Fish Eye View"

Then came the real fun, hunting down a good location to capture this two frame sequence shot of a immature bald eagle. There were actually three eagles including one mature. I was concentrating and trying to get the older bird in focus when the two immature eagles began to fight over a kill(a duck) in the water. As luck would have it I snapped off these two frames, neither bird took the duck after they saw me stand up in the reeds that I had made my cover in earlier. As you can see in the first shot the young eagle is looking straight into my lens.

I have to be honest here, no matter how long I get to live on this earth some of the best moments are when I'm alone hiding as if a spy in a world that humans are not invited into yet being able to witness such beauty and record it for others who let it pass by day after day.

One man's loss is another man's gain.

Enjoy

"First Frame"

"Second Frame"