Bald Eagle Close-ups

I went to the local zoo the other day and finally managed to catch the last day of their "Lord Of The Wings" show. It was pretty cool - they had about 12 birds, mostly raptors, out and flying above the crowd.

I managed to get only a few decent shots, none of them in flight.

But at the end they brought out a Bald Eagle and allowed people to get pretty close, about 5 feet. A Bald Eagle 5 feet away is pretty darn cool.

whoah...those are cool!

There's a guy who has a gallery at DIA that has a huge (30x40 or so) picture of a bald eagle's eye...the whole frame is filled with white feathers, just a tiny bit of beak, but then a big 6 or 7 inch eye!

So these reminded me of it. Very cool.

These are some fantastic shots of a Regal and Marvelous Raptor. Most excellent work. Very sharp as well. Great work.

wow those totally kick ass amazing job Scottes very sharp

Very nice. They are amazingly sharp.

Swweeeeetttttt........​..

Cheers,

Lynn

Excellent.

---Bob Gross---

WOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

Dan

Great, excellent job...........Joe

wow, these are fantastic.sharpness,de​tail,and the nice looking blue background.

A couple of "OMIGAWD!" shots... and of Bald Eagles. They're so frickin' close and gorgeous! What a great experience too. Congratulations!

PS: I'm so jealous and won't talk to you anymore - next week you'll probably post some wild Cougar shots and kill me completely.

These are very amazing indeed!

Were there a lot of people around? It looks like a quite a few were near by, judging by the reflection through it's eye.

Drooowl... I want that lens.

Very nice captures, I love all raptors and think they look just wonderful. Fantastic sharpness in these close ups. well done

Woow very majestic. Nice captures.