Bald Eagle: York County Maine, USA, January 2025 — The eagle was back along the river yesterday, but sitting way up high in a tall pine on the other side. If you look closely in the wide shot (I say “wide” but it was at 111mm equivalent) you might find it, tucked back in at the end of a branch. It takes 600mm equivalent, cropped in, and then up-scaled, to see that it really is an eagle. I sat on a bench in the sun (barely warm enough for that but I had all my layers on), and waited to see if he or she would come down for a fish or at least decent to a lower perch…but the eagle was still on the end of that same limb when the sun went behind clouds and I called it quits. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.
Orange-chinned Parakeet: Tico Rainforest B&B, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, December 2024 — Victor’s feeder by the corner of the 2nd floor deck is ideal of bird portraits…as in this portrait of a Orange-chinned Parakeet who posed nicely on the moss with the bromeliad. Sony a6700 with Tamron 50-400 Di iii at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.