{"id":7189,"date":"2013-01-20T05:52:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T12:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=7189"},"modified":"2024-12-21T07:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T13:30:59","slug":"small-in-the-frame-bald-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/01\/20\/small-in-the-frame-bald-eagle\/","title":{"rendered":"Small in the Frame – Bald Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Ron, Brian Gatlin and I went to Bear River National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/span> and the Golden Spike National Historic Site<\/span><\/a> area in bad light, falling snow and lake fog looking for birds to photograph and we came up pretty much empty-handed.<\/p>\n

\"BaldBald Eagle – Small in the frame – Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah<\/span><\/p>\n

I did find and point out this adult Bald Eagle perched on some snow-covered rocks going towards the Golden Spike National Historic Site Visitor Center<\/span><\/a> as the snow fell.<\/p>\n

The eagle was quite a distance away but I loved the rugged habitat so I decided to have the raptor small in the frame rather than over-crop and reduce the image quality. For me the\u00a0habitat in this frame is as important as the Bald Eagle.<\/p>\n

It was about 5 degrees Fahrenheit\u00a0which was cold for us even photographing from inside a warm vehicle so I imagine the Bald Eagle was cold too.<\/p>\n

We didn’t come away with the images that we hoped for but Brian’s company was terrific and we all had a great time while surrounded by the beauty of nature.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Bald Eagle photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Ron, Brian Gatlin and I went to Bear River National Wildlife Refuge and the Golden Spike National Historic Site area in bad light, falling snow and lake fog looking for birds to photograph and we came up pretty much empty-handed but we did find this adult Bald Eagle perched on some snow-covered rocks going towards the Golden Spike National Historic Site Visitor Center as the snow fell. 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